Happy 28th Birthday, Hayley Williams! ”Sometimes you get run down. Sometimes life throws dirt in your eyes and it stings and you can’t see for a few minutes. Even after you get it out your eyes are all red and your vision is shitty… but eventually, whether through tears or maybe just time… you start to see even clearer than before. Life is not always good. Which is why music exists. Why I believe God exists. And why there’s always a pint of coconut milk ice cream in my freezer. I don’t care if the world or anyone in it tries to drag me down. Because I know that in the end, they will be the ones left tired from the struggle to hold me back. It hurts more to see people I care about being beat up mentally, emotionally… but again, in the end, I don’t hang around people that can be beaten so easily.”
Hayley Williams: Turns down offers to be a solo artist as a teenager because she wants to be in a band with her friends
Hayley Williams: Gets so upset when their bassist leaves that the lyrics and artwork of their debut album becomes about him leaving
Hayley Williams: Aged 17, notices that she's getting more attention than the guys and gets upset. Makes a 'Paramore Is A Band' shirt to remind people that the guys are part of the band too and wears it for tours, then later makes another shirt with it in Spanish.
Hayley Williams: Makes sure that everybody onstage is appreciated and introduces them to everyone, even the touring members because she knows how hard they work.
Hayley Williams: Calls out interviewers/magazines/sites who don't include the things the guys say in the final videos/articles
Hayley Williams: Credits the guys for all their work and always talks about how much they work they put into the albums.
Hayley Williams: Got angry at cameramen at CCB Brazil for only putting her onscreen and told them off so they'd know they were doing wrong
Hayley Williams: Asks the guys before doing any projects alone with other artists out of respect for them and then makes sure she is credited as 'Hayley of Paramore' so people know she's part of a bigger band and not a solo artist.
Hayley Williams: Can play bass, guitar, drums, piano, and can sing and is perfectly capable of having a solo career but continues to work with her friends because she doesn't like the idea of going solo at all.
People: Wow what a bitch. She's obviously using Paramore as a solo project.
