I wish all teenagers can filter through songs instead of turning to drugs and alcohol.

When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about. And if I have a chance to matter to the growth and hopes and wishes of little girls, that's something I can't take lightly. So I do factor them in when I'm thinking about what to wear, and what to say, and whether or not to go out to bars even thought I'm not twenty-one.

But I say to Apple with all due respect, we don’t ask you for free iPhones. Please don’t ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation.

I'm not that complicated. My complications come out in my songs. All you need to do to be my friend is like me.

The truth of it is that every singer out there with songs on the radio is raising the next generation. So make your words count.

I've been on tour since I was 16, and I always do meet-and-greets before and after shows, so you kind of build these friendships with people. I have girls come up to me and tell me exactly what's going on in their love lives.

I still love writing in my journal and wearing sparkly dresses and looking at old chandeliers.