Whenever you want something that you’re not going to get, suddenly the whiney 3-year-old comes out in you.
I only write about stuff I know. I don’t have a lot of experience with boys and stuff so I write a lot of songs about interesting and strange subjects that people wouldn’t write songs about.
I think that I write about stuff that others don’t write about. I don’t have a bunch of love songs cuz I don’t really have much boy experience. I just write about what I am actually going through in my real life.
For me, the dumbest rule is that you can’t chew gum in school. For some reason, chewing gum for me gets my brain going.
Maybe you’re not perfect, but you’re willing to actually look at yourself and take some kind of accountability. That’s a change. It might not mean that you can turn everything around, but I think there’s something incredibly hopeful about that.
You have to be really comfortable with yourself because people are going to tell you that you’re eyes are too brown or you’re this or you’re that. And if you’re not comfortable with yourself, you could get pretty freaked out.
Instruments fascinate me because they’re completely awkward. When I picked up a guitar for the first time I was like, “What is this?” because it’s so foreign and unknown.
Singing is an incredible expression and something that is important to me, but where I feel comfortable with how much I reveal about myself is acting. I enjoy the characters, the costumes, the wigs and just being a chameleon.
I would go into periods of depression in my life, and I would feel so alone. I felt that there was no one who understood how I felt, either on TV or in music, and writing really helped me change what I thought and how I felt about myself.
I feel like the movie is reminding people of who they are, which is what I think all great art does.
I’m learning with the older that I get that some feelings are just universal and that I’m not the only one who hates their hair or their life at times.
I was home-schooled, was always very close with my mom and was very straight-laced and square. I was never the rebellious one, and I never threw hissy fits.
I think more things are becoming socially acceptable. I think that just by having more media, whether that’s TV or Internet, we’re able to see more things.
I didn’t go to prom – I was homeschooled.
I was 3 when I told my mom that I knew what my dharma was and that I wanted to be an actor.
I was the type of person that would show a PowerPoint presentation about why I should do something versus crying and screaming over it.
I’m so used to swimming with the piranhas. And they’re really not that bad.
It’s very scary to allow the world to see you.
You know how it is when you put on your best friend’s shirt. You feel weird, even if everyone tells you that it looks good. You know that it isn’t right.
I didn’t have a regular school experience and wanted a more abstract way of learning. I started exploring in lots of different creative ways. It gave me the opportunity to travel and play music, so it was good for me.