Top 30 Drake Bell Quotes

Leslie Nielsen was my favorite growing up; getting to work with him was amazing.

I was scrolling through my Twitter feed one day, and somebody had tweeted me a picture of Justin Bieber that had been Photoshopped with makeup or something. And I thought it was funny and so I hit retweet – I just retweeted a tweet – and all of a sudden, the remarks were coming in.

When I picked up the guitar for the first time, it opened up a whole new world for me. I became obsessed with writing and playing.

I hope my fans will grow with me. I want to be like Michael Jackson: 5-year-olds love his music, and 75-year-olds love his music.

I started playing the guitar and singing at about 11 or 12.

When I was 5, I did a commercial for Whirlpool sitting on a tree stump eating a popsicle that dripped all over my clothes.

I don’t eat sushi, but I eat cooked meat.

I started playing music when I was around 10. I always wanted to be in a band, so I started out by playing drums.

I think my music speaks for itself – it backs me up.

I would say that I’m more than just a teeny-bopper artist… that my music can appeal to people of all ages.

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

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 love the atmosphere at the mall – everything about Christmas. I don’t think anything specific gets me in the holiday spirit except for the holidays themselves.

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.

With a good melody… music gets me through everything.

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.

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.

My mom was a championship pool player.

I love Christmas. I’m totally the ‘decorate early, start listening to Christmas songs super-early’ guy.

I just love singing, songwriting and touring.

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

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 always loved comic books when I was growing up, and Spider-Man was definitely a character I gravitated towards because I loved the story of an average teenager having super powers.

I would rather be on stage playing to 25 people with a band I love and the music I love than learning dance moves I don’t want to do for 25,000 people.

I really, really love what I do, and there’s nothing I love more than getting on stage and playing for an audience or working on a part, getting in front of the camera, and meeting all the cool people I get to meet, and going all the cool places I get to go.

That’s why you have the long hours in the studio and on sets: so you can come out and see the fans. To see the smiles you put on people’s faces.

I grew up on Jerry Lewis and Abbot and Costello, the Marx Brothers.

My dad sat me in front of the TV, and instead of putting on Nick Jr. or something, he put me in front of ‘Jailhouse Rock’ and all the Elvis movies.

I’m totally the ‘decorate early, start listening to Christmas songs super early’ guy. I’ve just always been that way.