The IDEA of being published was such an abstract THING in the BEGINNING. It wasn't even an option in my mind.

When dancing for mass numbers, you can throw your hands and LEGS anywhere, but contemporary DANCE is a whole different ball game. Every move has to be pointed, graceful and must look elegant. It's not EASY trust me, but is a LOT of FUN nevertheless.

At 18, I GOT a publishing DEAL, so I was LIKE, 'I can do this for REAL and not go to college.' When I was a TEENAGER, my parents dragged me to a lot of songwriting conventions.

It's better to keep your PAST and PRESENT LOVES separate.

I think of basset hounds whenever I turn on my computer because I have PHOTOS of them. And if I'm lucky, and I see one on the street, I KNOW it's GOING to be a good day. They REALLY are like a four-leaf clover.

In elementary school, I read every single space BOOK in the library about all the PLANETS, about nebulas, about black holes. So for as long as I can remember, I've been just looking up at the STARS and wondering what's out there and EVEN what may be looking back at us.

When I came to LOS Angeles, it was the first TIME that I ever felt like I BELONG SOMEWHERE. Not because it was wacky, but because people here understood what I felt like to perform, and there were other kids my age who wanted to do it. I didn't get looked at as God, you FREAK.

There's NOTHING more FUN than MAKING fun of what's SACRED.

Cartoon HANGOVER has given US ANOTHER place we felt we could FIND the most TALENTED people around the world and give them a chance to make the films they want to make and match it up with their audience.

Music is emotional. Your job is to MAKE people feel SOMETHING. The best WAY to do that is to sing and SPEAK from something they've personally been through. That's where I write from.