Quotes from Avril Lavigne

I might look like a tough chick - and I am - but I'm also a hopeless romantic inside.

Life is like a roller coaster, live it, be happy, enjoy life.

When I'm going through something that has a big impact on my life, it's much easier to sing.

I pulled the burden from off my back and tossed it into the wind. And stretched my arms toward the sky and let my life begin.

I'm gonna live my life. I won't watch the time go by. I won't keep it inside. Freak out, let it go.

School teaches you what to do with the rest of your life. I already knew.

There were definitely times I couldn't shower for a full week because I could barely stand, it felt like having all your life sucked out of you.

It's important to be thankful, even if you're poor. I mean, come on, we all have clean water—well OK, not people in the developing world.

I was eating bad stuff. Lots of sugar and carbs, junk food all the time. It makes you very irritated.

Inspiration for my music just comes from, you know, my life experiences.

When I tour, I stuff fridges full of organic food and stick to that.

I'm very comfortable with how I look. I always have been. I think I look pretty good. There's nothing I want to change. I'm pretty happy with what I've got.

It's been really fun to see with each album when I change to see the fans of the show emulate my style and with the first record a lot of the kids in the crowd were wearing neck ties like I was and now you'll see a lot of girls with pink hair. It's cool, it's actually really neat.

To understand me, you have to meet me and be around me. And then only if I'm in a good mood - don't meet me in a bad mood.

I don't want to have kids for like 10 years. I still have a lot to do. I don't even know if I could handle a dog right now. I'm so not ready. Someday I'll be a mom but not until I'm in my 30s.

I'm very free-spirited and crazy. I love to have fun, and I like doing stupid things. At the same time, I'm like a 35-year-old. I have a house. I have a car. I have a steady job. I have a business, and I have to make serious decisions.

Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be.

She wants to go home, but nobody's home. That's why she lies, broken inside. With no place to go, no place to go, to dry her eyes, broken inside...

You're not alone Together we stand I'll be by your side, you know I'll take your hand When it gets cold And it feels like the end There's no place to go You know I won't give in

Her feelings she hides Her dreams she can't find She's losing her mind She's falling behind She can't find her place She's losing her faith She's falling from grace She's all over the place

I'm the kind of person who always likes to be doing something.

You're so beautiful But that's not why I love you And I'm not sure you know That the reason I love you, is you Being you, just you Yea the reason I love you Is all that we've been through And that's why I love you

My heart is broken... I'm lying here My thoughts are choking On you my dear...

You can't kick me down, I'm already on the ground. No, you can't, but you couldn't catch me anyhow.Blue skies, but the sun isn't comming out, no. Today, it is like I'm under a heavy cloud." Avril Lavigne (Runaway)