The only other time I've been away from home was when I went to college. And that was just an hour away, so I could always go home if I needed to.

Once you get into a routine of eating healthy, it hurts twice as much when you fall off the wagon.

I've learned it's really important to work hard and keep your family and friends close. You've got to let them know how much you appreciate them for sticking by you.

To me, getting to do music and videos, you work on a character. Being onstage is acting; you get to be larger than life and larger than yourself.

While we're young and beautiful, living free and easy. Here without a worry, dancing in our bare feet because when the summer's done we might not be so young and beautiful.

I would say that my role model, as far as just somebody leading by example, which to me is what a great youth counselor does - they are there to talk to and lead by example - would be my mom, but she wasn't a youth counselor. She was a teacher, and she is a good person and definitely one of the biggest influences in my life.

I autograph a lot of body parts of intoxicated people. And lots of shoes. And I signed a diaper once!