"My whole thing is to agree to disagree and to have respect because nothing can really be changed and you wouldn't want to ruin their happiness - even if that happiness is ignorance."

"I'm still driving along on the pop freeway of life. Thinking even further into the future, I definitely want to make an acoustic record. I want to try lots of different things."

"You have to spend a lot to make a lot. It's not like I'm sitting on top of a pile of money."

"The media tried to destroy my parents and has taken things completely out of context, but there's not a whole lot you can do in terms of fighting back. You have to hope that it passes, which it always does. But they have to be careful. They didn't necessarily sign up for this."

"Do I have a long-term plan? Kind of. I have a general direction, I think. But it's funny what comes down the pike."

"If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it."

"Humor can be one of our best survival tools."

"Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine."