Animal rights is a part of my everyday life. When you live by example, you create a certain level of awareness. Friends of mine - people I have never discussed animal rights or vegetarianism with - are adopting vegetarian habits because they see it.

I was 3-years-old - to this day it is a vivid memory. My family and I were on a boat, catching fish. As one fish was caught, he was writhing, then he was thrown against the side of the boat. You couldn't disguise what it was. This was what we did to animals to eat them. The animal went from a living, vibrant creature fighting for life to a violent death. I recognized it, as did my brothers and sisters.

I wish I had fair justification for not being as informed as I should be, but I don't.

The footage that you're about to watch of China's dog-leather trade is one of the worst things I've ever seen.

Together, we can make a U.S. Department of Peace into a reality, and leave a gift of peace for generations to come.

I do like to collaborate, and I like hearing other people, and I like how somebody's performance will affect my own.

I would try and sing along with bands that I like but it sounded so atrocious that I couldn't.