You can't be afraid of what people are going to say, because you're never going to make everyone happy.

I want someone honest, someone who's very sweet to my family and friends, and polite to the other people around me.

This is a very superficial job. I sit in a chair for two hours and get hair and makeup done and talk about myself in interviews. That's a very vain thing to do. And I do get caught up in it sometimes.

I have a right to live my life and just be me with whoever I choose. We just do the best we can.

Dancing allows me to go away and not have to think of what I'm doing next.

They tell me what to wear, how to look, what I should say, how I should be. Until recently I had given into that pressure, I lost sight of who I was. I listened to opinions of people and I tried to change who I am because I thought others would accept me for it. And I realized I don't know how to be anything but myself.

I wore combat boots for two albums, then I went into more of the sparkle and glamour. The older that I've become, I've felt very connected to fashion, especially this past year working with [stylist] Kate Young and creating these relationships with people that I never had before.