This is what I've learned, in my life: Headbanging is crucial. Growing up is hard to do. There's nothing wrong with wearing a dress.

If you ever think about giving up, remember why you held on for so long.

No boy is worth your teenage years!.

Believe in your dreams even when they seem lost.

Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand.

People who are 'different' are usually the ones that end up making a difference in the world.

Remember to enjoy everything. The things that feel good, the things that hurt. It’s all gonna make you better. Stronger.

I believe music is a place everyone of us can go to. I don’t care who you are, where you were born, what you do with your life. Everyone can come here in music and be equal.

Life is not always good, which is why music exists.

Suicide is no solution. Keep fighting.

To anyone that ever told you you're no good.. they're no better.

Before I fellin love with words, with setting skies and singing birds—it was you I fellin love with first.

The more "things" I have, the more time I spend thinking about them, moving them around, fixing them, looking for them, or upgrading them.

I keep wondering at night, 'Will I have a bank the next morning, or will some technology company be doing banking without needing a bank?'

I know what I wish Ralph Nader would investigate next. Marriage. It's not safe, it's not safe at all.

Maturity and experience shouldn't stop one from craving silly things like sliding down bannisters.

Impatience for victory guarantees defeat

Mother's life flowed radiant. Flourescent-tipped waves on incoming tides.

Anticipation leads the way to victory, and is the spur to conquest.

It's tough. It's very tricky to throw a morally flexible character onto the screen and have an audience empathize. It's always an exercise in restraint.