My songs are like cheap Neil Young copies.
I'd ice-skated before, because I'm Canadian and that's what you do as a kid, but I'd never, ever been on quad skates.
This world would be a whole lot better if we just made an effort to be less horrible to one another.
Love, the beauty of it, the joy of it and yes, even the pain of it, is the most incredible gift to give and to receive as a human being. And we deserve to experience love fully, equally, without shame and without compromise.
You think you're in a place where you're all 'I'm thrilled to be gay, I have no issues about being gay anymore, I don't feel shame about being gay,' but you actually do. You're just not fully aware of it. I think I still felt scared about people knowing. I felt awkward around gay people; I felt guilty for not being myself.
This world would be a whole lot better if we just made an effort to be less horrible to one another. If we took just five minutes to recognize each other's beauty instead of attacking each other for our differences - that's not hard - it's really an easier and better way to live.
Loving other people starts with loving ourselves and accepting ourselves.
If this is just the beginning, my life's gonna be beautiful.
That prison," I said with heartfelt sincerity, "Was absolutely the most awful thing that has happened to me in my entire life. " I could tell by the way he looked at me that he thought my life had been filled with one awful thing after another.
No matter what circumstances, it's hard to be a parent and maintain a sense of self and identity in the world.
Not to be such a perfectionist, it makes life hard. I'd like to be more relaxed about everything.