“I feel like my message over the years has been consistent and it’s always been to believe in yourself, be strong, stand up for yourself, be who you are”

“I started the Avril Lavigne Foundation with the mission to give Respect, Opportunity, Choices, Knowledge and Strength in support of children and youth living with disabilities or serious illness.”

“I think it’s important to dream and set goals and to reach for the sky”

“I’m gonna dress what’s me, I’m gonna act what’s me and I’m gonna sing what’s me”

“I would describe my music and my sound as…. Avril Lavigne!”

“If you don’t like me for who I am, then you don’t like me for who I am. And all you’re gonna get, is who I am!”

“My advice to anybody to get on a podium or to have their dream come true would just be to do whatever you can and really give it your all and do your best because when you have, then you know you’ve done your best”

“I don‘t want to be signing someone else’s lyrics, I wanna sing what’s mine”

“If you have a dream, it’s really important to believe in yourself and not give up and to work really hard.”

“Music is my life, it’s my world”

“My songs are open for other people’s interpretation”

“I would say that throughout the years of my career, something that has really stuck with me and meant a lot, is when I meet up with my fans in person and they express to me the meaning of my songs to them and how my songs have given them strength, touched them, really helped them through a hard time“

“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.”

“Well, a lot of people don’t know this about me, but I’m actually shy around people I don’t know. I would just say with my first concert, my first tour, I didn’t really talk onstage. I was like, ‘Thank you, I love you guys,’ or whatever. But now I’ve just kind of learned to work a crowd.”

“We have parties at my house. My girlfriends and I play our iPods, with all of our favorite songs. We pick our songs and jump up on the counter and dance, and do runway stuff, and we take video with my camera. When I’m with my girlfriends, I act like I’m 19.”

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

“A lot of my songs are personal and about me being 16 and having guys break my heart and feeling like it’s the end of the world.”

“I might look like a tough chick – and I am – but I‘m also a hopeless romantic inside.”

“Every person faces their own unique challenges and you may not always know what others around you are going through.”