“I started painting at 17; I took a class at Brentwood Art Center. I th...” — Carly Chaikin Quote

“I started painting at 17; I took a class at Brentwood Art Center. I thought about art school - but I'm just so not a school person.”

“There are times where we are shooting a TV show, and it goes very fast. But everybody has this freedom to still be artists.”

“'Mean Girls' is literally one of my favorite movies. It's just such a classic. Everybody has seen it, and me and my friends quote it all the time.”

“I design all my sets. With my tour and my album artwork, I co-design that with people who are better at drawing than me. But I've got a good imagination. I went to art school so I understand how to communicate my ideas.”

“I went to art school for four years to learn a very expensive lesson - that there are many other artists who are way better than me.”

“At art school you realize that in order to stay engaged you have to ignore the critics, good and bad.”