When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about.

I think doing something that's different, that's out of your comfort zone is important.

Love tends to end in a very painful goodbye.

So . . . middle school? Awkward.Having a hobby that's different from everyone else's? Awkward. Singing the national anthem on weekends instead of going to sleepovers? More awkward. Braces? Awkward. Gain a lot of weight before you hit the growth spurt? Awkward. Frizzy hair, don't embrace the curls yet? Awkward. Try to straighten it? Awkward!So many phases!

I know that if things hadn't gone the way they did then I wouldn't be where I am now.

(Talks about Miley Cyrus 'I always thought I'd be really fun to sing a song with Miley.

You can draw inspiration from anything. If you're a good storyteller, you can take a dirty look somebody gives you, or if a guy you used to have flirtations with starts dating a new girl, or somebody you're casually talking to says something that makes you so mad - you can create an entire scenario around that.