My mom wouldn't let me sing 'Strawberry Wine' because it had 'wine' in it. — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
Inspiration for my music just comes from, you know, my life experiences. — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
My songs aren't bubble gum pop dance songs and I don't have background dancers on every single song. — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
People are like, 'Well, she doesn't know the Sex Pistols.' Why would I know that stuff? Look how young I am. That… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
It's easiest to write songs when I'm either really in love or really mad at a guy. It's just always best when… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
When I'm going through something that has a big impact on my life, it's much easier to sing. — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
A lot of my songs are personal and about me being 16 and having guys break my heart and feeling like it's… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
I get all these loser preps coming up to me asking for autographs and all this crap, and I really want to… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
We have parties at my house. My girlfriends and I play our iPods, with all of our favorite songs. We pick our… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
The mall tour was right off of my second record, before it came out. It was very different. I did an acoustic… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
I hate it when people say I'm not a true punk. I don't go around calling myself punk; I never have. That's… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
When I was 2 my mom said she knew I was going to be a singer. I've been performing ever since I… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
The mall tour was right off of my second record, before it came out. It was very different. I did an acoustic… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
I lost my voice for the first time. I was so bummed out, but it happens to every singer at some point… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
Influences come from everywhere. I don't really feel like I had too many influences for the first record because I grew up… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
It's so easy for me to do a boy-bashing pop song, but to sit down and write honestly about something that's really… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
I know my fans look up to me and that's why I make my songs so personal; it's all about things I've… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
I'm very expressive. Expressing my emotions and experiences through music has always been an important outlet for me. Many of my songs… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
I started singing in church and I was probably around seven and I started singing anywhere that I could. I used to… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
When people come to a concert, they wanna hear the hits, the big radio songs, and they wanna hear them how they're… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
It's so different now coming out as a new artist today than it was when I came out almost ten years ago.… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
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… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share
Influences come from everywhere. I don't really feel like I had too many influences for the first record because I grew up listening to… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share
I sit down with a guitar player and if there's a situation I feel strongly about, or a guy that I've been thinking about… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share
“I can be tough, i can be strong, but with you, it's not like that at all. there's a girl that gives a s---… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share
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.… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share
I might look like a tough chick - and I am - but I'm also a hopeless romantic inside. — Avril Lavigne Copy Share
I wake up in the morning, put on my face. The one that's going to get me through another day. Doesn't really matter...how I… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share
Some chick came up to me and said something, so I kicked her in the box and shoved her. — Avril Lavigne Copy Share
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. — Avril Lavigne Copy Share
I feel bad because I haven't been able to say anything to the fans to let them no why I've been absent. I'm torn… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share
Why should I care what other people think about me? I am who I am & who I wanna be. — Avril Lavigne Copy Share
Being able to express myself through music and art has always been when I feel the most alive. — Avril Lavigne Copy Share
