Hayley Williams Quotes

I know a lot of people think L.A. and they see a picture in their head, but those people obviously don’t know me, because I sit on a couch every day. That’s my idea of a good time – just being in a sweat suit.

My mom was a huge Adam and the Ants fan. My granddad listened to a lot of Motown and Elvis and Johnny Cash. So I was kind of well-rounded.

What motivates me is seeing people in the crowd and wondering what they’re going home to and what they’re dealing with, and knowing that for the time being we’re their escape.

Being on my own in a studio is really, really different than making music with the band. I can’t say I necessarily enjoy it more, but it was just a new experience for me.

The truth is, no matter what your lifestyle or occupation, nothing can really stop you when you’re allowing yourself to be exactly who you want to be.

I’m not sorry for who I am.

Paramore will be the neighbor that comes over for tea and never leaves.

I just feel like bands always need to work harder than the hardest working band. You need to constantly be one-upping yourself and surprising yourself at how hard that you’ll work and devote yourself to your craft.

I tend to enjoy proving people wrong.

I stay away from dairy and I drink almond milk now. And I’ve also found that eating breakfast, like waking up and actually having it, helps me stay way healthy.

I met P. Diddy. Or Diddy. I like to call him Puffy because, let’s be honest, that’s who he is.

Performing is the craziest workout for me, because I feel like, on the first day of tour, I’m going nuts. Halfway through, I’m just so tired but obviously you keep pushing yourself because you have fans watching you.

People perceive punk rock in the sense of Sid Vicious, all strung-out, crazy and insane.

For me, embracing my own power is about embracing my right to be an individual.

I enjoy punk, the attitude as well as the music, but I don’t feel like I have to be a carbon copy of it and invite all this controversy just to be punk rock.