Anybody can be a role model, anybody can.

I'm very real, very sincere and honest, and that's how I'll always be.

I can't count how many pairs of Converse shoes I own.

I get so mad about ex-boyfriends, but if a boy hurts me, I don't write a song about it. They don't deserve it!

All this is a dream to me. Everything, the applause, the fans asking for autographs, the trips, all that is a dream.

Anywhere in the world you go, you find racism, discrimination. Not just in the United States, or in Texas. It's very sad for me, but that's the way it is. I can't change the world by myself. I, being Hispanic, have also faced discrimination. But … the world keeps turning.

You get a lot farther in life without drugs.