Celebrity life and media culture are probably the most overbearing pop-cultural conditions that we as young people have to deal with, because it forces us to judge ourselves.

The way that I sing, what I sing about, what I wear, who I am, this is me. I was born this way.

I really wanted to break the mold of what modern touring is right now.

My fashion is part of who I am, and though I was not born with these clothes on, I was born this way.

It's always wrong to hate, but it's never wrong to love.

I'm always on the market for a new friend, period. As your success continues to grow, you start to see who your real friends are. But I'm always looking for wonderful people to have in my life that have no agenda and aren't fake friends.

People want to tear me down, they were going to knife me anyway.