I don't like L.A. It's just not fun. I don't know why, but I just don't get it. You have to drive to get everywhere, and when it rains everybody freaks out.

A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.

I dont really ever compare myself to other people, I dont even measure myself in terms of anyone but myself.

I've always been famous, it's just no one knew it yet.

I went to a lovely school, and I got an incredible education. And I actually think that my education is what really sets me apart, 'cause I'm very smart.

Being beautiful is not so fun when you're in a business with all men.

Every video I'm in, every magazine cover, they stretch you - they make you perfect. It's not real life. I'm gonna say this about girls: The dieting wars have got to stop. Everyone just knock it off. Because at the end of the day, it's affecting kids your age. And it's making girls sick.