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Interesting Facts
Avril failed her driving test the first time she took it. "I was so scared...my driving test person was so fucking mean." But Av eventually passed!
Avril was parodied in Good Charlotte's video, "Girls and Boys".
Avril loves the "X" chord because "it's easy to work with."
Michelle Lavigne appears in the Sk8er Boi video.
Avril got free Osiris sneakers at the mall where the Complicated video was shot.
Avril's cousin, Martine Filion (29) travelled to Ottawa (from Napanee) just to see Avril perform.
Avril fixed her hair in braids all around her hair when she was in 11th grade.
Avril's a hopeless romantic. She can't wait to get married and wear a veil.
Avril is good friends with Pink and Vanessa Carlton.
Avril's brother, Matt, accompanied her to New York City when she was still starting out.
Once, in New York City, a man thought that Avril was a hooker. She's been carrying around a pocket knife ever since that incident.
She wasn't the most popular girl at school.
One of Avril's favorite countries is England.
Avril's favorite song off her album is Losing Grip.
Avril is lactose intolerant.
Avril taught herself to play her dad's 6 string guitar when she was 12.
Avril plays the guitar live for the songs Complicated and Naked.
You can see Deryck Whibley frequently at Avril's concerts.
Justin Timberlake and Eminem are big Avril fans.
"Let Go", her CD, was originally called "Anything But Ordinary".
Avril's most embarrassing moment was when her mom went to pick her up at a party when she was 14.
Avril chooses to wear a watch on her right arm.
She sang her first church solo when she was 10. She sang NEAR THE HEART OF GOD, "She sang like a song bird" remembers her mom. (YM October 2002)
Listed in Teen People's "What's Next" 2003.
She frequently says that she is has not claimed to be punk. Check out YM June 2002.
Avril's manager, Terry McBride is also the manager for Dido.
Avril got her record deal at age 16.
She played on a hockey team at age 10.
Hilary Duff dressed up as Avril on Halloween.
Avril gets kicked out of clubs and bars frequently.
She likes to play her acoustic guitar better when she first writes her songs and than she likes to play the electric during her concerts the best.
She brings along a joke book while her and the group travels.
She has a crush on Tobey Maguire, Eminem, the "Sk8er Boi", and the guys in her band.
Avril plays a Gibson-Les Paul Studio in Black.
Her fav. article of clothing are her Converse sneakers.
She was signed to Nettwork at age 14 when she was at a bookstore.
Avril does NOT do all of her own make-up. She sometimes gets help from professionals during concerts. She says she does it different everytime. She is also into pumpkin-flavored lipgloss!
Avril's High School was called 'Napanee District Secondary School'.
At the age of 12 she won a radio competition to duet with Shania Twain.
She likes the UK alot but she finds it expensive and she doesn't like the weather!
Avril can fit into the suitcase which she takes on tour with her.
She got suspended from school three times for skipping lessons and starting fights.
Her middle name is Ramona.
She gave Steve from Sum 41 a wedgie recently at a club in NYC.
Her favourite items of her official merchandise are the ties+hoodies.
She cannot eat her favourite food pizza because it is bad for her voice+vocals.
She won $1000 at a talent contest when she was 15.
She uses a camo lunchbox as a wallet.
She won't pay $6 for a sandwich. "That's soo much."
When she was looking in a BMW car showroom her dad said why don't you buy one, but Avril got angry and said she just wanted a used jeep!
Her next single after I'm with you will be Losing Grip.
Her next album should be out by next Xmas.
She keeps her skateboard in NYC because she says its like carrying a plank of wood around with you all day.
She says she could pull off a backside ollie kickflip when she was in High School.
She can ollie over her miniature schnauzer, Sam.
Avril was a loner in high school.
One day in school Avril got yelled at by a school boy that said GIRLS CAN'T FISH. So right after that they found Avril near a lake fishing with a bunch of girls who caught 78 cat fishes.
Avril doesn't like copy-cats. She is flattered that girls dress like her, though!
Avril doesn't like to follow trends and wears whatever she wants.
Avril is not always acting up and breaking rules, she shows repect toward many people,even on stage. Avril celebrated her 18th birthday at a surprise hockey party in NYC.
Eminem, Justin Timberlake, Pink, and Fred Durst are all big fans of Avril.
Avril once kissed a boy on the cheek in 1st grade....don't worry, it was in a play.
Avril thinks kids these days are curious of how the business goes when your a singer thats why she is always telling the truth about what goes on.
When Avril was just 10 she would go with her dad and feed the homeless.
Avril taught her self how to skate, when she was just 14.
Avril uses peach lipstick or tanish white. Avril uses chapstick most of the time.
If Avril would make a sandwich to eat it would have: olives, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, mayonnaise and ham/or turkey meat.
Avril loves pizza that has lots of olives on top.
Avril's Favorite sodas are: Coke, Grape, and Root Beer
Avril likes to watch South Park, Jackass, and the Anna Nicole Smith Show.
Avril paints her nails black and clear. Ones black the others clear. Just like Carson Daly.
Avril likes to open presents.
Avril is allergic to chocolate.
Avril loves sleepovers. "I love being with the girls."
Every month, Avril goes to a special place in Hollywood to get a Brazilian Bikini Wax.
Avril's inspiration to write can come at any time. Once, an idea for a really great lyric came into her head. Avril found a pen, but she didn't have any paper with her. "All I had in my bag was a used maxi pad," she said. "So I just wrote down the words on that."
Avril says she had a love for music at an early age. "When I was like six, I had this little plastic flute thingy and I liked to march through the house blowing it. I was a good blower. It drove my mom crazy though!"
Avril hopes to get a dragon tat on her back or on her left arm.
Avril wears fake tattoos.
Avril's sister (Michelle) has a crush on Daniel Radcliffe, the actor who plays Harry in the Harry Potter films.
Avril liked the fact that she got to sing on top of a car in her "Sk8er Boi" video. "I use to do that when I was a kid and get yelled at after each time I did it."
Avril use to play around when she was younger fooling people to think that she had a broken leg. She would wear fake casts and put sticks under her arms and walk around like she was hurt. Then they would take her home from school and take her to the doctor and the doc would say nothing's broken.
Avril was called a badass sk8er during her junior years.That is kinda why she made that "Sk8er boi" song, she also did it because at school PREPPYS would make fun of the sk8ers.
Avril was not only good at skate boarding and singing. She was good in Art.
Rumors spreaded across that Avril was dating one of her band mates and that she was hugging Sum 41's Deryck in an improper way.
Avril likes to zig zag around papers but she is not into cursive. She likes to print mostly.
Avril likes stars. Like the ones all over her website.
Avril likes to wear black and white stripe socks.
One of Avril's favorite summer activities was running a Kool-Aid stand.
Avril has two piercings on her left ear and one on her right ear.
Avril has asthma.
Avril is a vegetarian. But there are some exceptions to the rule. Avril still eats burgers and turkey!
She was named the MVP of her hockey team when she was 12.
Avril loves the feel of new songs on her feet.
Avril once wrote a parody of a Britney Spears song called "Oops! I Screwed My Record Producer Again."
Like any other Artist Avril works out. She does 50 push ups a day but not Sundays. She skateboards, goes rock climbing, rides the bike for 1 hour a day and does 100 sit ups.
Avril Knew at the grammies she wasn't gonna win, she told one MTV reporter, "Naw, I am not gonna have it..I am not gonna win."
Avril can't eat really spicy food because she gets heartburn.
Avril said next year she might wear a dress to one of the award shows.
Avril is now working on a new album and plans to have the lyrics more better than ever.
Avril's never before seen school video was shown non stop on Inside Edition for 1 week. It was award best celeb childhood video of the month.
Avril likes the band Simple Plan and had them open up a gig for one of her tour stops.
Rumors spread that Avril might do a song with a famous rocker from a band on her next cd.
Avril wears a tat that says KEY on her right or left knuckle on her hand. It's not real.
An interviewer asked Avril what posters were on her wall. She responded, "Posters? I've got platinum disks!"
When asked what her favorite kind of guitar was, Avril replied, "Oh, I love Rickerbaking guitars."
Avril has read the first Harry Potter book. "I'm working on the rest." she laughs.
"I really respect like all the great guitar players," says Avril. "Deryck from Sum 41 and that guy from Simple Plan are soooo good. I'm working on being that good."
Avril doesn't like the piano. When asked about it, she said: "Ohmigod... I really think that the piano is sooooo gay. My parents wanted me to learn how to play and I was like 'Helllll, no!' I wanna play like real hardcore rock music. FUCK the piano."
Avril likes doing her own makeup. "I remember when I was really little, like 10, I put marker all over my face like it was makeup. My mom was really mad when she found out it was permanent marker."
Avril admits to not being computer savvy. "Evan always helps me get on-line. He always likes to check out his favorite website, BritneySpears.com. Just kidding!"
Avril says one of her favorite things about the US, is the television show, "American Gladiators. "I so wanna be on that show. I love those little rolly ball cages. I wanna go on the show and do that and pretend to be like a hamster!"
Avril is currently dating/very very close friends with Jesse Colburn, fellow band member.
Avril wants to be known as just Avril Lavigne rather than be associated with her "boys". "It's about me. They play the music, but I do the singing."
Avril feels more comfortable sleeping when there's some light in the room. "I have a night light at home and I leave the bathroom light on in the hotel rooms."
Avril says that one of her goals in life is to work on a farm. "I always wanted to work on a farm. I like being out in the country, doing all that hands-on stuff with the animals."
Avril says one day she'll try acting. "Singing is my type of box though. I don't want to unassociate myself with the music scene because I don't want to be like...what's her name...M-m-mandy... Moore. She went from music, well, she didn't really have much of a MUSIC career if you know what I mean...and she goes into acting and she isn't doing too great there either. I think you should stick to a field of profession and not hop around like a bunny, or whatever." (VH1.com)
When she was little, Avril would practice giving autographs. "I knew I was gonna be famous and have to give autographs, so I practiced signing my name a lot so I could do it super fast."
Avril's favorite movies are Spider-Man, The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Titanic, and 101 Dalmatians.
Avril admits that she has trouble with electronics. "My parents got me like this i-Pod thing for my birthday and you can like put songs on it, but I can't make it work," she said in an interview with Scream! magazine. "I always like have trouble with that kinda stuff. I'm not an electronic girl."
Avril never uses a straightener for her hair. "It's naturally wavy. It's not thick or bushy, like a bush or whatever. It's straight because I sleep on it and it's not flat, it's kinda bouncy. If I toss around my hair, you'll see it's not flat, it has some bounce and...OOMPH in it. My hair has life. I don't know what they're talking about when they say my hair is dull and flat and stuff. Could flat hair be bounced around whenever I toss my head around or whatever?"
MTV VJ, Hilarie said on an episode of TRL that Avril should go back to high school and finish it.
Avril can fit inside the suitcase she brings on tour with her. "I can actually like fit inside of it. Sometimes I go and curl up inside it when I'm like feeling upset or something. It's like my little place, where I can like, go and curl up when I'm sad or mad and it's like that one little special place I go. And I get to like take my special place all over the world with me!"
Avril would never hire a therapist. "My guitar is my therapist! And I talk to Evan a lot. He listens to me. He's like a sister. No...a brother. No...a dad. No, my dad is my dad. He's like a mom. He cooks, he cleans, he bakes, he sews...he's - wait, no, he's like my best friend. That's it! Hahaha."
"Sometimes I feel like my guitar is my therapist. I'm just glad it doesn't charge as much as my old therapist, which was like that little plastic flute thingy. What's it called? Oh yeah, a recorder!"
Avril believes a girl's virginity is a sacred temple that should not be opened under any circumstances.
Avril's favorite kind of kisses are butterfly kisses. "You know, those eyelash kisses? I think they're really cute."
Avril doesn't go to church that often anymore.
Avril absolutely HATES the beach. "I'm so pasty and white...I hate people seeing more of me than they should. Plus the sand's all sloppy like feeling on my feet and it smells." But Avril sang a different tune when seen on the beach with current beau, band member JESSE COLBURN! They frolicked around the beach like two 70-year-olds on life support.
Avril doesn't believe in Mondays.
Avril's favorite kind of flowers are tulips.
Avril's favorite Harry Potter character is Neville Longbottom. "I like that Neville kid. He's cool. Harry is like a total punk and Hermione is such a suck up. Neville's cool, he knows what's going on."
Avril's good friends with Craig from Gob.
Avril believes abstinence is something that shouldn't be touched. "I think if the right person comes along and if you both want to really badly, do it. But if only one of you wants to, don't do it. Sex before marriage isn't an option unless both of you want each other."
Avril says she wants to work with the Neptunes.
Avril likes using chopsticks (even for food that's not Chinese.)
Avril wrote part of the lyrics to "My World" during Algebra I class.
Avril knows how to play checkers. She says it's a good therapist. Aside from her guitar.
Avril's favorite card game is Go Fish!
Avril's most embarrassing moment on stage was when she tripped over a cord and went falling into Evan. They both fell down on the ground, and then Jesse tripped on Evan, and fell on the two of them.
Avril doesn't like Shakira. "She sings like a goat!"
Avril doesn't like the Donnas. "Their songs are like pop songs with rock music playing in the background. They're like major posers."
Avril absolutely LOVES Nick Carter. "I bought his album recently, it's amazing. This guy - he's got talent. He's going places with his 'Now or Never' album. What a trip!"
Avril's favorite song of last year was "Hot In Herre." Avril says her favorite album of last year was her album, "Let Go!"
Avril occasionally prays to such gods as Buddah, Allah, and Joseph.
Avril is friends with upcoming rock goddess, Lucy Woodward.
Avril believes that girls should have a voice and girls can lift guys any day they want! Don't stereotype Avril, you stupid males!
Avril thinks the Evanescence video is odd and the song is "just as bad".
Avril's favorite girl names are Kimberly, Katie, and Brittany.
Avril's favorite boy names are Ebert, Joseph, and Markus.
Avril goes to clubs and beats up boys there, but she isn't doing rebellious stuff, like smoking crack or having sex on railroad tracks.
Avril says that if she could change her name to something else, she'd change it to "Angel."
Avril went through ten bicycles as a child.
Avril is allergic to bees.
Avril wishes people would throw pogs on stage during her performances. "I love those little things!"
Avril once got her hair stuck in a blender.
Avril fell out a tree when she was younger and broke her leg.
Avril doesn't use deoderant because she's afraid of the chemicals.
Avril says one of her bad habits is forgetting to brush her teeth.
Avril's nickname in high school was "Av-dawg."
Avril felt bad about the "fried chicken ass" line in "My World," and went back to apologize to the manager of the chicken place she worked at.
Avril used to be afraid of flying in planes.
Avril loves playing video games.
Avril hates her feet and her bust.
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