"On my 16th birthday, I went back and I got the roses on my shoulder. They're not filled in, and I've had them unfilled for five years, and one thing I'm getting very sick of is the four times a day someone says to me 'I love your tattoo. Are you going to get it filled in?' No. I like it like this. I just thought they were really pretty, and I had so many ideas for tattoos that I wanted that had such a significant meaning. One tattoo that I was planning on getting had a really significant meaning, and then that person in my life changed. My relationship with that person changed, and it dawned on me, how dumb it can be to get a tattoo of something that you think is going to last forever, because it might not, but the tattoo will. And I think in spirit of that, I went and got something that meant absolutely nothing, and just looked beautiful. It's still one of my favorite tattoos because I'll never dislike it. It just is cool looking. It's really simple. I think it's really elegant."
