I went through the process of auditioning like every other struggling actress in this town.

My singing is my hobby. It's me and my brother. We just enjoy writing music.

I just had to find something else to fulfill me. Always being a singer and writing, it was a blessing. My brother started making music that was the kind of music I always saw myself singing.

Some people might say I need to learn how to relax.

After we wrote The Wreckoning, our record label did listen.

The most interesting place I've gone on location was New Orleans.

I'm more like an animalistic rock chick.

It could be fun to sing with Prince or Michael Jackson. Justin Timberlake has an amazing new sound now.

When we saw our plane on TV as breaking news, it was the most surreal experience. A lot of the women were crying. There was a gentleman who was writing in his journal and crying. Seeing that isn't easy.

It's actually harder to write a fun song.

I just get focused on whatever is in front of me. When I was filming Crossroads, it had all my focus. Now I'm all focused on finishing my recording so I can get that out. It's just day by day.

If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character.

As a brother and sister, our tastes were pretty different growing up. He liked a lot of early hip hop. My dad didn't understand it and would try to talk him out of it.

I went through the process of auditioning like every other struggling actress in this town.

The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive.

Even though it seems like there are a lot of parts, there is really tons of downtime in the acting world.

We wanted to write a whole song about partying and then taking Yellow Cabs home. That's the weirdest topic we've ever thought of centering a song around.

There's definitely a whole different vibe on the set when there's like basically royalty working with us. We could have whatever we wanted. I felt like Britney Spears.

It's really hard for actors to cross over and get any respect as a singer, and if I could just keep it separate and not use my music in movies, it's cool.

I would go visit my mom on Sundays, and my brother was working on stuff. I'd go in there and sing a little melody, then we started working with words and the next thing you know it was just born organically without really trying.

It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage.

Through teaching myself how to be happy and get through things, I hope I can also do that for other people.

Alison Lohman is an amazing actress. I was so proud to work with her.

That's why I'm an actress, to do something completely opposite from myself.

I'm definitely the worker. My brother is the jokester.

My dad was a musician and I traveled around with him, so it was something that I knew.

Lauren Hill, I always have her solo CD nearby. I have Coldplay, Radiohead, just a mix.

I'm not really into movies on dates because you can't chat it up.

I would say our sound is soul pop.

After reading Eminem's autobiography, which I did because I'm so interested in him as an artist, I respect him a lot. Even though he seems angry and mad, he's had to fight so many demons in his life.

There's really nothing else I'm going to do with my life. I'd be useless if I weren't singing or acting.

I play, in real life, Kim, who is actually Marshall Mathers ex-wife as of now. She lies and says she is pregnant because she really wants to keep him and he figures her out.

It was Britney's movie. I liked that movie. It didn't get too much love, but a lot of people really liked it.

It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.

Nobody's life is wrapped up neatly in a bow.

Its only when gravity starts to take over you begin to think about your body.

We weren't by any means like the Grateful Dead or something, who could just roll on and on and on.

I work at a high school, and we have an anime and manga club.

Even though I was making documentaries, my films had fictional elements to them. I think I like blurring those distinctions because so much of what we see on television purports to be the truth, but it's often largely imaginary - or wishful thinking, or any number of less honorable things.

Acting in another language is great, and I've done that. But you can't do it as well as you can do it in your own language.

Stone Age. Bronze Age. Iron Age. We define entire epics of humanity by the technology they use.

I'm always a competitor. I'm not there just to have a good time. I want to play well and perform well.

Evangelism is not salesmanship. It is not urging people pressing them coercing them overwhelming them or subduing them. Evangelism is telling a message. Evangelism is reporting good news.

I just get grumpy with bad behaviour.

Within three hours of a disaster event there should be a recon damage assessment of the infrastructure and an educated guess as to the casualties and degree of imminent human peril. Then make the airdrops of supplies and personnel. Simultaneously, Seabees would be dropped in, with lights and generators, to begin rescue efforts.

When Merle and I started out we called our music 'traditional plus,' meaning the traditional music of the Appalachian region plus whatever other styles we were in the mood to play.

Dont be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You cant cross a chasm in two small jumps.

Envy is a symptom of lack of appreciation of our own uniqueness and self worth. Each of us has something to give that no one else has.

Revenge has no more quenching effect on emotions than salt water has on thirst.