My mom wouldn't let me sing 'Strawberry Wine' because it had 'wine' in it.

I'm just coming out and I'm going to clearly be myself - I write what I feel, I never worry what others think.

I was signed by L.A. Reid on Arista Records when I was 16. He understood me and believed in me. Arista folded and I got put on RCA or whatever, then there were new people there, and every six months it changes and more new people come in.

Just because you're famous doesn't mean you're something special and you're above other people.

I'm the kind of person who always likes to be doing something.

It's so easy for me to do a boy-bashing pop song, but to sit down and write honestly about something that's really close to me, something I've been through, it's a totally different thing.

I have my own style that happens to be different from everyone else in Hollywood. My inspiration is me.