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" I just think it's so much more rewarding and important to go around the world and bring people together as opposed to pushing people away. "
Drake Bell
World
Together
Go
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" I really, really love what I do, and there's nothing I love more than getting on stage and playing for an audience or working on a part, getting in front of the camera, and meeting all the cool people I get to meet, and going all the cool places I get to go. "
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" Leslie Nielsen was my favorite growing up; getting to work with him was amazing. "
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" If you look back to a picture of me when I was 12 years old, you will probably see me in a leather jacket trying to look like Elvis! "
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" I grew up on Jerry Lewis and Abbot and Costello, the Marx Brothers. "
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" If I catch one of my fans saying something improper, a gay slur or any derogatory term, I instantly tweet directly at them and say, 'This isn't how we do it.' "
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" I would say that I'm more than just a teeny-bopper artist... that my music can appeal to people of all ages. "
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" I have met so many of my idols - like Ray Charles, Brian Setzer - all these cats that are legendary musicians. If they had said to me, 'Hey man, I'm busy,' it would have crushed my soul. "
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" With a good melody... music gets me through everything. "
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" I hope fans will go back and listen to the Beatles and the Beach Boys or Led Zeppelin, or put on 'Tommy' and let them experience like I did that moment when 'Pinball Wizard' comes on. "
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" I think my music speaks for itself - it backs me up. "
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" A lot of who I am is in the work I do. "
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" I was raised on Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly and discovered the Stray Cats when I was 11 or 12 years old. "
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" Rufus Wainwright is my go-to for any kind of emotion. He's got songs for all of it. "
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" I like to play music and sleep. But most of all, I love to work... I don't really play sports, so I like to spend my time playing guitar or piano. "
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Love
Work
" I would rather be on stage playing to 25 people with a band I love and the music I love than learning dance moves I don't want to do for 25,000 people. "
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Music
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" I love Christmas. I'm totally the 'decorate early, start listening to Christmas songs super-early' guy. "
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Christmas
Listening
Early
" I like to get up early in the morning and run. "
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Run
Up
Early
" That's why you have the long hours in the studio and on sets: so you can come out and see the fans. To see the smiles you put on people's faces. "
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" I used to go to San Diego all the time to hang out. My cousin played for the San Diego Padres, and my brother lives down there. I love going to the zoo and walking around Old Town. "
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Brother
Love
" I've been to a lot of places while touring, but I'd have to say Switzerland was my favorite. "
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Places
" I'm totally the 'decorate early, start listening to Christmas songs super early' guy. I've just always been that way. "
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Start
Christmas
" I fell in love with '50s hot-rod, pinup-girl culture. "
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Love
Fell
" My dad sat me in front of the TV, and instead of putting on Nick Jr. or something, he put me in front of 'Jailhouse Rock' and all the Elvis movies. "
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" I was scrolling through my Twitter feed one day, and somebody had tweeted me a picture of Justin Bieber that had been Photoshopped with makeup or something. And I thought it was funny and so I hit retweet - I just retweeted a tweet - and all of a sudden, the remarks were coming in. "
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Funny
Makeup
" We're going to be human, and we are going to make mistakes, but you really should understand the power that you have and embrace it in a positive way. "
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Power
" I started playing the guitar and singing at about 11 or 12. "
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" When I was 5, I did a commercial for Whirlpool sitting on a tree stump eating a popsicle that dripped all over my clothes. "
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Eating
" There's just a lot of really young, entitled people. I don't think a lot of these young people have to work very hard. They're found on YouTube and, boom, thrown into the studio, so they think they can get anything they want. "
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" I'm on stage where Rivers Cuomo from Weezer was standing? It's kind of a mind trip. "
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Rivers
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Standing