Avril lavigne quotes
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Some chick came up to me and said something, so I kicked her in the box and shoved her.
I know my fans look up to me and that's why I make my songs so personal; it's all about things I've experienced and things I like or hate. I write for myself and hope that my fans like what I have to say.
I wrote about what I was going through at the time.
Hear me when I say I believe nothings gonna change destiny. Whatevers meant to be will work out perfectly.
I get all these loser preps coming up to me asking for autographs and all this crap, and I really want to tell them, 'My music is not for people like you!
She wants to go home, but nobody's home. That's why she lies, broken inside. With no place to go, no place to go, to dry her eyes, broken inside.
It's hard to be stuck with people that you love, when nobody trusts
I wanna do a movie! Anything that I connect with, really. I read scripts, I've taken some acting lessons, and I feel like that's definitely my next goal.
I'm just coming out and I'm going to clearly be myself - I write what I feel, I never worry what others think.
There were definitely times I couldn't shower for a full week because I could barely stand, it felt like having all your life sucked out of you.
You're who you are and if people don't like who you are, all they're going to get is who you are.
The only fear is fear itself, so get rid of it.
I started singing in church and I was probably around seven and I started singing anywhere that I could. I used to sing at my school. I was in musicals and then it kind of got to a point where I started to - wanted to do my own songs.
He stuck a camera down my throat....ewwww, I gagged!!! It was kinda funny though.....he said I have "Acute Laryngitis".
When things are very real and honest, they don't go away.
I listen to all kinds of bands. I like rock music, like, male rock bands. I'm more into that instead of female singers. I like Nirvana, Green Day, System Of A Down. I also like punk rock, and I love bands like Coldplay.
I have a look that girls want to copy.
Staying true to yourself and trusting your instincts is very important. I've learned this both through creating music, where I've always stayed focused on recording music that is true to who I am and to my fans, and through my recent health struggles, where I knew something more was going on than what I was hearing from different doctors; I had to trust myself and continue to pursue a diagnosis.
I can be very shy...but when I'm around people I know, I can be extremely loud.
I might look like a tough chick - and I am - but I`m also a hopeless romantic inside.
A lot of my songs are personal and about me being 16 and having guys break my heart and feeling like it's the end of the world.
I'm famous, so I can't, like, really walk around in malls and stuff like that. I don't really have as much privacy.
It's important to be thankful, even if you're poor. I mean, come on, we all have clean water—well OK, not people in the developing world.
Life is like a roller coaster, live it, be happy, enjoy life.
I would like to sit and and write some acoustic stuff. That's what I want to do. It means creatively, that's what I want so I need to do that for myself and then I'll see.
We should all focus on trying to be compassionate to others at all times, and be as understanding as possible towards people we know are hurting. We should try to be there to lift each other up.
I'm so excited to act; that has been a huge passion for me.
I appreciate it everyday. I'm like, 'I can't believe this is happening to me.' I'm so thankful. I feel really lucky and really blessed. I remind myself all the time, because it can go as quickly as it came.
To understand me, you have to meet me and be around me. And then only if I'm in a good mood - don't meet me in a bad mood.
I don't believe war is a way to solve problems. I think it's wrong. I don't have respect for the people that made the decisions to go on with war. I don't have that much respect for Bush. He's about war, I'm not about war - a lot of people aren't about war.
Every person faces their own unique challenges and you may not always know what others around you are going through.
I hate it when people say I'm not a true punk. I don't go around calling myself punk; I never have. That's what people need to know -- it's not me saying that, it's the media. I'm a rocker.
You can't complain about the pressures, the paparazzi, the madness. Because that is the job. I've always understood that's the deal.
I think it's important to find a line that suits your body, your body type, that you're comfortable in.
In America, I get a lot of younger kids, but there's teens and adults too, ... In Europe, for some reason, I see a lot more males in the audience. In Japan, I don't even notice any kids, partially because they're a lot more strict about fan behavior over there.
If you're trying to turn me into something else, it's easy to see I'm not down with that.
I'm tugging at my hair. I'm pulling at my clothes. I'm trying to keep my cool, I know it shows. I'm staring at my feet. My cheeks are turning red. I'm searching for the words inside my head. I'm feeling nervous trying to be perfect, 'cause I know you're worth it.
She had a pretty face, but her head was up in space.
Love hurts whether its right ow wrong
Keep holding on, cause you know we'll make it through. We'll make it through. Just stay strong, cause you know I'm here for you. I'm here for you. There's nothing you could say. Nothing you could do. There's no other way when it comes to the truth, but keep holding on, cause you know we'll make it through.
As humans we speak one language.
I have my own style that happens to be different from everyone else in Hollywood. My inspiration is me.
I don't want to have kids for like 10 years. I still have a lot to do. I don't even know if I could handle a dog right now. I'm so not ready. Someday I'll be a mom but not until I'm in my 30s.
I have always looked for ways to give back because I think it's a responsibility we all share.
There is more that meets the eye, I see the soul that is inside.
I'm waking up to say I tried, instead of waking up to another TV guide.
I feel bad because I haven't been able to say anything to the fans to let them know why I've been absent. I'm torn as I'm quite private. I'm not feeling well. I'm having some health issues. So please keep me in your prayers.
We have parties at my house. My girlfriends and I play our iPods, with all of our favorite songs. We pick our songs and jump up on the counter and dance, and do runway stuff, and we take video with my camera. When I'm with my girlfriends, I act like I'm 19.
My mom made me go to a Britney Spears concert when I was young. And I was like, 'No, I don't want to!' she was like, 'You're going to be a performer, you need to see other people.'
I definitely have a rock star lifestyle.
I was eating bad stuff. Lots of sugar and carbs, junk food all the time. It makes you very irritated.
Being able to express myself through music and art has always been when I feel the most alive.
You can't see the world through a mirror.
Everything is always spur-of-the-moment. All of my tattoos I decide that second and do it.
I want to be played on the radio. I want to have Top 40 hits.
It's so different now coming out as a new artist today than it was when I came out almost ten years ago. Now, it's all about singles, it's really quick, it's online. I came out when people sold records and they still do today but - I don't know what the key is.
Influences come from everywhere. I don't really feel like I had too many influences for the first record because I grew up listening to music in church, and that was pretty much it. I didn't really grow up listening to AC/DC and all those bands.
My heart is broken... I'm lying here My thoughts are choking On you my dear.
I want people to feel inspired to reach out and be inclusive and supportive of others in their community who might be facing any kind of challenge, whether it is a health issue or a disability.
I've never felt like this before. I'm naked around you. Does it show? You see right through me and I can't hide. I'm naked around you. And it feels so right.
To understand me, you have to meet me...
Why do you have to go and make Things so complicated.
Actually, I know for a fact there are some young female artists who don't even sing on their own records and who don't sing live. And that is pathetic.
I pulled the burden from off my back and tossed it into the wind. And stretched my arms toward the sky and let my life begin.
Here's to Never Growing up
You were everything, everything that I wanted. We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it. And all of the memories, so close to me, just fade away. All this time you were pretending. So much for my happy ending.
People like Shakira shouldnt have record contracts. She cant even speak English.
Let the rain falling on your face run into your eyes. Can you see the rainbow now through the stormy skies?
i dont want to be compared to britney,ashlee,hilary or lindsay. i want to be compared to me.
When people come to a concert, they wanna hear the hits, the big radio songs, and they wanna hear them how they're used to hearing them. I like playing them how they were recorded.
No one really knows what I'm really like, and you won't unless you spend a day with me, or if you're my friend. No one ever knows what anyone is really like. Read all the interviews you want on them, it's just the media talking and you can't really get to know someone that way, obviously.
Fame is a big joke. Stars need to stop taking themselves so seriously.
I meditate and try to walk outside daily. I prefer to now spend my time with people that I know truly care about me and are there for me at the end of the day - through the ups and downs - because that is what life is about.
I think I would probably die without my eyeliner, but besides that I'm pretty basic.
Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be.
I would describe my music and my sound as… Avril Lavigne!
There's only one thing left here to say. Love's never too late.
When I turn the lights out, when I close my eyes, reality overcomes me, I'm living a lie.
Punk is like not about the style, its about the music!
I don't fight. I don't believe in it.
Don't turn around. 'Cuz you will get punched in the face. Don't make this worse. You've already gone and got me mad. It's too bad, I'm not sad It's casting over. Just one of those things you'll have to get over it.
Whatever people say I am, I'm not.
I'm a little fighter and I stand up for what I believe in.
I sit down with a guitar player and if there's a situation I feel strongly about, or a guy that I've been thinking about or if I'm mad at a guy, it comes out.
I have to fight to keep my image really me... I rejected some gorgeous publicity shots because they just didn't look like me.
I thought you'd have the decency to change. But babe, I guess you didn't take that warning, cause I'm not about to look at your face again.
I don't know if people realize how much I tour and how much time I spend writing, but I really enjoy it.
If something is meant to be, it's gonna work. If two people believe in something really strongly, I think a longdistance relationship is easy. They just make the time to be together. And you have to remember that any relationship is going to be hard...mostly because you're two different people and you have to figure stuff out.
I'm like a Sid Vicious for a new generation.
Yeah, let's keep the peace going.
Love is more than a word to me. It's something that I see and feel in the people around me that makes me believe it and feel loved. It's nurturing and unconditional. It is consistent and reliable.
There's nothin' else I can do, but love you the best that I can.
My whole lifestyle is different. I have a really busy schedule, and I pretty much have an airplane ride every day. But I like it. It's cool. I like being busy. I think that it's good that I'm young and I'm going through this, and I'm not, like, 40. I think it's just easier now at a younger age to be going through what I'm going through because it's definitely really tiring and hard on the body.
I decorated my house like a medieval gothic castle, European-style. Chandeliers and red velvet curtains. My bedroom is pink and black, my bathroom is totally Hello Kitty, I have a massive pink couch and a big antique gold cross.
Well, a lot of people don't know this about me, but I'm actually shy around people I don't know. I would just say with my first concert, my first tour, I didn't really talk onstage. I was like, "Thank you, I love you guys," or whatever. But now I've just kind of learned to work a crowd.
I love being in an arena that has like 10,000 people and huge crowds. I want to do a show at like the Viper room so badly. Like go up on stage and thrash myself around, go jump into the crowd. You can effing swear, get drunk on stage and do whatever you want basically.
I think because I was brought up in a Christian home, I was kind of careful not to swear in my lyrics.
Everybody hurts some days. It's okay to be afraid. Everybody hurts, everybody screams. Everybody feels this way.
I'm very expressive. Expressing my emotions and experiences through music has always been an important outlet for me. Many of my songs are influenced by personal events and experiences that I have gone through.
I created Punk for this day and age. Do you see Britney walking around wearing ties and singing punk? Hell no. That's what I do. I'm like a Sid Vicious for a new generation.
I'm gonna live my life. I won't watch the time go by. I won't keep it inside. Freak out, let it go.
Her feelings she hides Her dreams she can't find She's losing her mind She's falling behind She can't find her place She's losing her faith She's falling from grace She's all over the place
Just because you're famous doesn't mean you're something special and you're above other people.
I'm the kind of person who always likes to be doing something.
You're so beautiful but that's not why I love you, I'm not sure you know this but the reason I love you is you
And suddenly you're all i need the reason why I smile<3
I'm definitely really into rock music, and I feel like that is where my heart is.
I appreciate everything that I have, versus taking it for granted.
You're so beautiful But that's not why I love you And I'm not sure you know That the reason I love you, is you Being you, just you Yea the reason I love you Is all that we've been through And that's why I love you
He was a punk, she did ballet. What more can I say.
Face tomorrow tomorrow's not yesterday
I'm the best damn thing that your eyes have ever seen
I couldn't tell you why she felt that way but she felt it everyday. I couldn't help her; I just watched her make the same mistakes again.
Don't like me for who I am? Then you don't like me for who I am. And all you're gonna get is who I am.
I didn't just write about boys and relationships like usual. I wrote about other things: rock 'n' roll, nostalgia, Hello Kitty.
It's who I am I don't have to try hard
Whenever I'm done with an album cycle, I still wanna write music. If I'm bored when I'm at home, which never happens, my first instinct is to go to the piano and bang something out.
I won't change anything because I think the most important thing is being yourself and that's what I'm going to continue to do.
My songs aren't bubble gum pop dance songs and I don't have background dancers on every single song.
You get built up and put on a pedestal and then people want to bring you down. It can be hurtful. Some people try to make me look bad or not a nice person but it's completely false.
Like two rivers flow to the sea, someday we'll reunite for all eternity.
Inspiration for my music just comes from, you know, my life experiences.
I'm a person with a ton of energy who likes to scream and party and rock out. And there are other sides of me that are real serious.
Why should i care? Cause you werent there when i was scared. I was so alone.
When I'm going through something that has a big impact on my life, it's much easier to sing.