Drake Bell

“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.”

“I don't want just 25-year-old girls watching my show. I want Grandma, Grandpa and Mom and Dad and the kids. I just want everyone to hear good music.”

“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.”

“I've been to a lot of places while touring, but I'd have to say Switzerland was my favorite.”

“My first two records were influenced by the Beatles and the Beach Boys.”

“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.”

“I don't eat sushi, but I eat cooked meat.”

“The best place for me is in my car, listening to my stereo. I am 'Mr. Karaoke Guy' in the car, completely. I just go with it and don't care what anyone else thinks - I'm singing, man!”

“I'm on stage where Rivers Cuomo from Weezer was standing? It's kind of a mind trip.”

“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.”

“Ariana Grande is a billionaire before she's been an artist. You have to work to be able to appreciate what you have... what work did she ever have to do in her life?”

“I grew up on oldies like the Beatles and the Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin and The Who.”

“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.'”

“I was raised on Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly and discovered the Stray Cats when I was 11 or 12 years old.”

“I had the opportunity to do a movie with Roger Daltrey of The Who. In the movie, I played a guitar student. Since I had to learn how to play somewhat for the movie, I was introduced to the guitar.”

“Rufus Wainwright is my go-to for any kind of emotion. He's got songs for all of it.”

“I can remember just learning to walk and trying to dance like Elvis and sing like Elvis, so I was very, very passionate about music at a very young age.”

“My fans are all pretty cool, you know; I've never really seen anybody fighting on Twitter, no death threats, no harsh language, no gay slurs, nothing like that.”

“I'm very close with my fans. I'm very involved with my fans, so I've seen the influence that I can have on a child or on the mind of somebody.”

“I've been able to work with some incredible voice talent, most of whom I grew up hearing in my favorite cartoons.”