Avril Ramona Lavigne was born on September 27, 1984, in Belleville, a small city in the eastern part of the province of Ontario, Canada. The second of three children, her father, John, was a technician for Bell Canada; mother Judy was a stay-at-home mom. When Lavigne was five, the family moved to Napanee, a farming town even smaller than Belleville with a total population of only five thousand. She's a singer-songwriter, fashion designer, occasional actress, and philanthropist.
Here you can find a few Avril’s quotes. Enjoy! 
“Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be.”
“I don’t believe war is a way to solve problems. I think it’s wrong. I don’t have respect for the people that made the decisions to go on with war. I don’t have that much respect for Bush. He’s about war, I’m not about war – a lot of people aren’t about war.”
“My dream was always to hop up on stage in front of my fans every night and perform.”
“I’m the kind of person who always likes to be doing something.”
“Life is like a roller coaster, live it, be happy, enjoy life.”
“Well it’s so true because I was only 17 — I was right out of high school, I didn’t even finish,”
“I felt like I was kind of back living a normal lifestyle, just with a regular job of going to the studio every day. That really was a break for me, actually.”
“I only toured for three months. As soon as I got off \[tour\], I was just dying to start recording, because it was on my mind: ‘I’ve got to make another record now.’ And I was totally excited.”
“People ask me if I regret wasting my last teen years on becoming a singer. You know something? I don’t. Because singing is my life. When and if you want something so badly you’ll see. I mean, I’m just so blessed to be doing what I love to do and to have been given this opportunity. I thank God because there are so many more talented people out there that will never even come close to getting a record deal.”