Some kids my age experiment with drugs, I experiment with music.

The biggest ingredient in a best friend is someone whose actions you respect and who you can truly be yourself around.

I want to speak up and tell you that mascara and clothes don't make you cool, neither do name-brand handbags, but being a leader can.

When I was 12, I first made the decision to go vegetarian after a co-star's line 'I don't eat anything with a face' suddenly shocked me into reality.

I encourage all of you to seek out teachers and mentors that challenge you to think for yourself and guide you to find your own voice.

The more I read and watched about the meat industry, the more determined I became to keep meat out of my diet. The things I saw in slaughterhouse exposes made me feel sick and I refused to just ignore what I now knew.

Some kids my age experiment with drugs, I experiment with music.