Avril Lavigne Quotes

To understand me, you have to meet me...

School teaches you what to do with the rest of your life. I already knew.

Whatever. Everyone mispronounces my name. And, like, David Bowie was big before I was born, right?

I was signed by L.A. Reid on Arista Records when I was 16. He understood me and believed in me. Arista folded and I got put on RCA or whatever, then there were new people there, and every six months it changes and more new people come in.

When I can do an acoustic set, I can sit down and sing. And then when I have a huge arena full of people, there's nothing like that. It's the coolest feeling in the world, but I also like to play small intimate shows because I feel you can connect a little more. And that's something I had to learn - how to connect to a big audience versus the small one.

I'm very comfortable with how I look. I always have been. I think I look pretty good. There's nothing I want to change. I'm pretty happy with what I've got.

Everything is always spur-of-the-moment. All of my tattoos I decide that second and do it.

I think it's awesome.

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 don't know if people realize how much I tour and how much time I spend writing, but I really enjoy it.

It's so easy for me to do a boy-bashing pop song, but to sit down and write honestly about something that's really close to me, something I've been through, it's a totally different thing.

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.

I didn't just write about boys and relationships like usual. I wrote about other things: rock 'n' roll, nostalgia, Hello Kitty.

People are like, 'Well, she doesn't know the Sex Pistols.' Why would I know that stuff? Look how young I am. That stuff's old, right?

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.

I have a car. I have a steady job. I have a business, and I have to make serious decisions.

When I tour, I stuff fridges full of organic food and stick to that.

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.

Love hurts whether its right ow wrong

As humans we speak one language.

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.

All I want is to mess around, and I don't really care about, if you love me, if you hate me, you can't save me, baby baby, all my life I've been good

It's so ridiculous, I can barely stop. I can hardly breathe, you make me wanna scream. You're so fabulous, you're so good to me baby, baby.

When I was 2 my mom said she knew I was going to be a singer. I`ve been performing ever since I was a young kid. So I`ve known I wanted to do this for awhile. I always knew in my heart that I`d be singing.

I'm the kind of person who always likes to be doing something.

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.

Just because you're famous doesn't mean you're something special and you're above other people.

I liked being a minor because you can't get into trouble. Now I just have to try and behave myself.

My mom wouldn't let me sing 'Strawberry Wine' because it had 'wine' in it.

Every person faces their own unique challenges and you may not always know what others around you are going through.

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

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.

I have a look that girls want to copy.

I was eating bad stuff. Lots of sugar and carbs, junk food all the time. It makes you very irritated.

You can't kick me down, I'm already on the ground. No, you can't, but you couldn't catch me anyhow.Blue skies, but the sun isn't comming out, no. Today, it is like I'm under a heavy cloud." Avril Lavigne (Runaway)

It's hard to be stuck with people that you love, when nobody trusts

I have my own style that happens to be different from everyone else in Hollywood. My inspiration is me.

When things are very real and honest, they don't go away.

Being able to express myself through music and art has always been when I feel the most alive.

When I'm going through something that has a big impact on my life, it's much easier to sing.

She had a pretty face, but her head was up in space.

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'm getting more famouser by the day!

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.

It's who I am I don't have to try hard

Why should i care? Cause you werent there when i was scared. I was so alone.

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.

i dont want to be compared to britney,ashlee,hilary or lindsay. i want to be compared to me.