When I was growing up, particularly during puberty in my teen years, I was so miserable because I elicited so much teasing and meanness from my teenage cohorts.

A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.

Just because you have teenagers in a movie doesn’t make it a teen movie.

Frank Sinatra is the only one that went from teen idol to superstar.

Growing up, I wanted desperately to please, to be a good girl.

You have teenagers thinking they’re going to make millions as NBA stars when that’s not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a scientist or engineer is.

Well, I actually first got into music as a small child, and as I became a teen, I sought out making money from music, weather that was singing lounge gigs, backup in studios, or weddings.

But when I was a teenager, the idea of spending the rest of my life in a factory was real depressing. So the idea that I could become a musician opened up some possibilities I didn’t see otherwise.

I don’t think there’s a problem with being a teen idol, if that happens to me, I’ll be happy to deal with it.