Quotes from Trace Cyrus

London is a blast.

I was just obsessed with bands like Third Eye Blind, Matchbox 20, Everclear - those were shows I was going to. A lot of those bands definitely inspired me. Those bands' songs are powerful enough that they can last forever.

People wanna dance. People wanna have a good time. And people wanna party.

Good Charlotte I look up to in so many ways.

I think it's everyone's dream to tour the world to play music.

I've always been into fashion and thought it would be amazing to have a clothing line. I just never thought I would have a chance to do something like that.

People don't expect me to make pop music.

Some of the most successful artists are the weirdest ones - look at Lady Gaga. I've done shows with her and she's amazing.

One of the things I love in life is art. That's one reason my entire body is covered in tattoos.

Like with MySpace and everything, my dad didn't even know what that was. And then all of a sudden, Twitter came around and he was taking pictures of my new tattoos and posting them and I was like, what's going on? I've never seen this happen before!

I get a lot of tattoos for people in my family. Some of my friends I have tattoos for, some of my religious beliefs, things that represent me in different times of my life. They kind of tell a story. I like them.

When people first meet me, they think I'm going to be a mean guy or something. I guess I just need to prove that you can't judge a book by its cover.

I definitely enjoy doing big festivals and big shows.

I could have gone the route of the Jonas Brothers. Those guys can't live their lives freely. They have to put out this image that's totally fake.

Of course I think we're most thankful for 'Shake It,' because it's given us a lot of opportunities, helped us pay some bills and brought us pretty far in life. And it's fun to perform live.

My dad, Billy Ray, he had a huge hit in the '90s with 'Achy Breaky Heart.' And, you know, as a kid I always said I wanted to be just like my dad. And it's crazy - just be careful what you wish for because I had the same thing he had, which was a huge hit off his first album.

With Metro Station, there were too many people trying to control us. That's not the thing you should do with an artist, I think.

I kind of feel like God took away Metro Station and the greatness there so I could settle down and have my love life.

There's something about pop songs that are remembered throughout time.

I'm not trying to clean my image to make anyone happy.

I basically grew up on the road with my dad, on a tour bus every summer since I was a kid.

I've had the worst relationships because with touring it's impossible.

Growing up and playing guitar with my dad and stuff like really influenced me. It definitely must've had an impact on why Miley wanted to sing and why I wanted to sing and play guitar as well.

I think when we were making the first album, we were like 16, 17 years old, and I think just years and years of recording and playing shows - I know me, personally, I kind of figured out my style more and vocally learned a better way to sing in the studio.