The Backstreet Boys were so ten years ago. Whatever.
In high school I definitely had a clique of friends. And what I loved about it was that we were healthy and good girls.
I watch a lot of teen TV and read a lot of YA novels. I also talk to teens whenever I can. There are cultural differences between when I was a teen and now, but emotions - anger, angst, love - are the same.
The Goonies' I love. 'Heathers' too.
In Cancún, I felt like I had walked into an American teen movie.
The phrase 'teen hottie' literally makes me want to throw up. I'm a pop princess at heart. Pop is about distilling what you want to say and making it easy. And the way I write isn't about making things easy. It's a weird juxtaposition.
I think there are worse things for a teen to be enraptured with than 'Twilight.'
I don't think I had a Catherine Bach poster, but I know a lot of my friends desecrated those, big time.
I grew up watching 'TRL.' I had older sisters who got me into it!
I loved the movie 'Heathers' and the TV show 'Twin Peaks.'
I'm not emo. I've never been emo.
'Power Rangers' has changed a lot of lives.
I was a huge show-choir girl!
Teens find out a lot from other teens.
My nickname is The Fonz. My sister Lori nicknamed me it when I was younger and it stuck.
No problem, Goth Boy. First one's free.
I just felt being part of my peer group so strongly. I was immersed in teen culture, but not taken in by it.
If you were an alien who came to our bookstores - or browsed our teen magazines - you'd think that only Earth girls who look like Mila Kunis ever got any action.
Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' spread the gospel of American pop music and teenage style that transcended the regional boundaries of our country and united a youth culture that eventually spread its message throughout the entire world.
I was a typical Valley teen, in smoggy Van Nuys.
I love being in a public space where teenagers are talking. And the funny thing is that it hasn't changed that much. There's certainly slang that I'm not familiar with, but among the average teen, it's still the same.
My mom and I shopped for my 'X Factor' outfits at La Cantera. We went to Forever 21 and Urban Outfitters. I live really close to the mall, so I'd always go there to shop.
I was a typical teen growing up in the 1960s, when everybody was into gurus and meditation.
'I Think We're Alone Now' just makes people feel good. It became a teen anthem twice. How cool is that?
Having a thirteen-year-old in the family is like having a general-admission ticket to the movies, radio and TV. You get to understand that the glittering new arts of our civilization are directed to the teen-agers, and by their suffrage they stand or fall.
