Some people might say I need to learn how to relax.
I'm very, very, very, very spiritual. I grew up in an organized religion, I went to Sunday school as a kid. I'm very grateful that there was religion. I think it instills a good moral compass.
After reading Eminem's autobiography, which I did because I'm so interested in him as an artist, I respect him a lot. Even though he seems angry and mad, he's had to fight so many demons in his life.
My dad died when I was 14. It was very sudden, traumatic, and confusing. I always felt I could have gone down a bad road at that point, but I made a choice to be a winner.
My whole thing is I like to hang around winners, I like winning spirits, I have zero tolerance for jealousy.
I feel the craziest people are sometimes the most intelligent.
Through teaching myself how to be happy and get through things, I hope I can also do that for other people.
I've made money doing things I love. DJing was a hobby. When I bought my turntables my mom said, "Oh what now, Taryn?" But it became pretty fruitful right away. I come from a very music-oriented family.
I'm definitely the worker. My brother is the jokester.
My singing is my hobby. It's me and my brother. We just enjoy writing music.
Acting, I love it and I feel that I'm good at it, but the thing that makes me feel most alive is when I'm playing guitar and singing.
I've had ups and downs but always maintained I was a working actor, which is a beautiful thing.
I'm more like an animalistic rock chick.
With acting, I get to escape into this character and embody it. With music it's like, "Hey guys, this is my diary, here's all my feelings."
There's really nothing else I'm going to do with my life. I'd be useless if I weren't singing or acting
I ended up doing amazing things with my life; I'm well-read, educated and sophisticated - and I'm not the stereotype everyone makes me out to be.
If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character
Lauren Hill, I always have her solo CD nearby. I have Coldplay, Radiohead, just a mix
I'm not really into movies on dates because you can't chat it up.
As soon as you put an actor to a person who is real, that person comes to life through another person.
That's why I'm an actress, to do something completely opposite from myself
The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive
Alison Lohman is an amazing actress. I was so proud to work with her.
Even though it seems like there are a lot of parts, there is really tons of downtime in the acting world.
As a brother and sister, our tastes were pretty different growing up. He liked a lot of early hip hop. My dad didn't understand it and would try to talk him out of it.
