Quotes by Hayley Williams

“Were so fortunate, we just dont get it. Weve been really blessed, and were trying to not to take it for granted.”

“It definitely can be really hard being away from friends and family for so long. People expect you to be different when you come back. But I love it, I love coming home. I really want to start coming back here more often ? its so fun.”

“I think all of us, at some point early on in our lives, knew that we wanted to create music. We are still really young and sometimes we do feel like we have to prove were as great as all the rest of the bands -old and young. But we just do what we love and people seem to be really excited about it.”

“I mean, we did feel nervous, starting out, but I wouldnt say it was hard. We just did what we loved and thankfully it worked out for the best.”

“We were the local band. That night was huge for us because we got to play with some of our favorite bands. Now, those guys are pretty good friends of ours. We still look up to them like we always have, though.”

Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand

Now Ive gone for too longLiving like Im not aliveSo Im going to start over tonightBeginning with you and I

That was the day that I promised Id never sing of love that does not exist. but darling, You are the only exception

now Im told that this is life, that pain is just a simple comprimise so we can get what we want out of it. Would someone care to classify a broken heart and some twisted minds so I can find someone to rely on?

If Im a bad person, you dont like meWell I guess Ill make my own wayIts a circleA mean cycleI cant excite you anymoreWheres your gavel? Your jury?Whats my offense this time?Youre not a judge but if youre gonna judge meWell sentence me to another lifeDont wanna hear your sad songsI dont wanna feel your painWhen you swear its all my faultCause you know were not the same (no)Were not the same (no)Oh were not the sameYeah the friends who stuck togetherWe wrote our names in bloodBut I guess you cant accept that the change is good (hey)Its good (hey)Its goodWell you treat me just like another strangerWell its nice to meet you sirI guess Ill goI best be on my way outYou treat me just like another strangerWell its nice to meet you sirI guess Ill goI best be on my way outIgnorance is your new best friendIgnorance is your new best friendThis is the best thing that couldve happenedAny longer and I wouldnt have made itIts not a war no, its not a raptureIm just a person but you cant take itThe same tricks that, that once fooled meThey wont get you anywhereIm not the same kid from your memoryWell now I can fend for myselfDont wanna hear your sad songsI dont wanna feel your painWhen you swear its all my faultCause you know were not the same (no)Were not the same (no)Oh were not the sameYeah we used to stick togetherWe wrote our names in bloodBut I guess you cant accept that the change is good (hey)Its good (hey)Its goodWell you treat me just like another strangerWell its nice to meet you sirI guess Ill goI best be on my way outYou treat me just like another strangerWell its nice to meet you sirI guess Ill goI best be on my way outIgnorance is your new best friendIgnorance is your new best friendIgnorance is your new best friendIgnorance is your new best friendWell you treat me just like another strangerWell its nice to meet you sirI guess Ill goI best be on my way outYou treat me just like another strangerWell its nice to meet you sirI guess Ill goI best be on my way out

Well you found us strength and solutions but I liked the tensionAnd not always knowing the answers when youre gonna lose it, youre gonna lose it.

You don’t go to a show because you think someone in the band is hot. You don’t go because they always wear this cool, awesome outfit, or have the right hair. Those things are part of what makes up the whole picture of the music… but those things wouldn’t compel you to spend your hard earned money on a ticket to spend a night watching those clothes or that hair move around for a little while. Music resonates with everyone, which is why we call it the “universal language.

when you come to a show do you feel the same thing that i feel when i’m on that stage? i mean, i know you’re not standing on the stage… but surely you can feel the same energy that i’m feeling, to some degree. it’s so much more powerful than all the trivial nonsense that people chalk our band up to be. it means something great and it feels empowering. it’s the grace of knowing that we can all totally suck and be a little messed up and then stand in a room with thousands of other people who are exactly the same way, no matter how dressed up they look on the outside, and we can be broken all the same.

There’s still other songs that I think that would never be on the radio that get, it’s a different kind of response. Part II, there’s just nothing like that. That song will never be on a radio station. … that song doesn’t need that sort of following in order to connect.

I learn everyday what it means to love myself, and Im constantly figuring out what makes me feel empowered.

It’s one thing when you lose a friend or when your friends become enemies, but it’s the worst when friends become strangers,

It’s sad when friends become enemies. But what’s even worse is when they become strangers.

Its confusing when people who do not know me say they miss the old me. You know me merely through the lyrics I write and the pictures Ive been in. There is no old or new Hayley. There is however an older Hayley. Im 25 now. Good on me for living through all these years with a million peoples judging eyes all over me and thinking they know me better.

This is the key to the entire universe. You know what this is? Its not a microphone, this right here is your voice. This physical thing just amplifies it. Dont be afraid of your voice. You have a voice without a microphone. Use it and dont let anybody snuff you out and tell you dont have one.

It’s okay to not be perfect and not to have everything figured out. It’s okay to feel things that are shameful, hate, and feel guilty. I feel like the message we’ve tried to stand by, is that it’s basically okay to have scars and to show them. To show that you’ve been through all sorts of things and have come out a different and better person because of it.