Quotes

Surrealism: An archaic term. Formerly an art movement. No longer distinguishable from everyday life.

Art imitates life. Life imitates high school.

I always said, 'If it's over, it's over.' If modeling is over, it's still the best experience of my life.

Life's tough on the body and I'm a big fan of preventive maintenance.

For me, shaping and sharpening knives is the perfect mix of a day of metal and woodwork, and seriously scratches my lifelong itch to make something with my own two hands - be it squid-and-veggie ramen or the fiberglass finish on a surfboard.

There's a new holiday tradition in my life, and it comes with an open door policy. Starting at 11 a.m. on Christmas Day, friends, family, whoever, is welcome to swing on through my place - I'll be cooking and drinking from morning till night.

On the day my daughter was born, I started writing a book for her. The plan was that, over the course of her life, I'd fill it with advice on how to be a strong woman. But along the way, I got caught up in the stories of Amelia Earhart, Sally Ride, and so many others. So how do you pick the best heroes for your kids?

I tend to do something for two years then move on to something new. Yoga, then biking, then weight lifting, then back to biking. The moment it feels like a rut, I switch and search for a new love. It's like having a midlife crisis, but without the new wife or cheesy BMW.

As I tell my daughter, when you want something in life - no matter how impossible it seems - you need to fight for it.

Changing your hair gives you an entirely new outlook on life, I swear. It's wild - that's why I fell in love with this industry.

It brings so much joy to my life to color my hair and cut my hair.

When I'm doing my reaction videos, I try to think if I had to see this person and tell them about their hair in real life and I would never be mean to them. I would say: 'Well, let's talk through it. Let's get to the source of the problem, and let's fix it.'

My New England upbringing was cute. I think it was nice growing up in a smaller town. I got to experience small-town life, which kind of made me really want to branch out and be around more culture and different people.

Life isn't always black and white. You're not always sure you're right. At least I'm not.

Country music has become the music that best represents the reality of American life.

That there's no more important decision in life than who you marry.

My life would be very puzzling to most people if they had to follow me around for a day or two.

I have a to-do list and I have a farm I care for, and things I like to do for fun - going to movies and all that stuff. It's a painfully normal life!

When I made 'Who Needs Pictures,' my first album, I had been west of the Mississippi River one time in my life, and that was in fourth grade. We traveled to California for vacation and stayed with some friends of my parents. It was culture shock, and it was different.

My father's a firefighter. He was my whole life. And my brother-in-law and several family members are firefighters.

If you're somebody that gets a chance to go somewhere... that has to work somewhere or go to another city, then do your best to see it. Because I just think that's the best way to have an interesting life.

At certain times in your life, some things are heavier than others.

It's rare that you're sure you're right in life. I'm finding that.

I still cherish relationships that I made early on as much as anything in my life.

Happiness is overrated. There has to be conflict in life.