I stay out too late, got nothing in my brain.

You have to not only live your life in spite of people who don't understand you, you have to have more fun than they do.

Wasn't it beautiful when you believed in everything?

I'm always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I'm going to get up in the morning.

I don't think I'd be a party girl [even if I were] in college. When I was in high school, I remember seeing girls crying in the bathroom every Monday about what they did at a party that weekend. I never wanted to be that girl crying in the bathroom. But there are certain things that I would like to do but can't. Sometimes I don't get invited to things because my friends know it's going to be a hassle to take me.

A lot of people ask me, 'How did you have the courage to walk up to record labels when you were 12 or 13 and jump right into the music industry?' It's because I knew I could never feel the kind of rejection that I felt in middle school. Because in the music industry, if they're gonna say no to you, at least they're gonna be polite about it.

When you're 25 or 30, you know, you can't wear lime-green eye shadow anymore.