I know you can't go back, so I try to do all the things other teenagers do.

I'm not gonna apologize for who I am and what I've gone through.

Every day of my life is going out in public and seeing people's lives and listening to stories - all that kind of stuff musically inspires me.

Everyday something new pops into my mind: I could do this next or I could do that next. I want to grow more and more and show people different sides of myself, whether it's different kinds of music, different kinds of movies, or different kinds of television.

I need somebody with staying power who will make me go weak in the knees.

It's wonderful to have money. But It's good that I know what the other side is like. I don't take for granted what I have now.

I know myself, and when you start to really know who you are, you don't question it when you read what someone says about you.