"I needed to become something besides the star everybody had built me up to be."
"What I enjoy most about going out on stage is seeing all my fans react to my music."
"I'm not going to be 15 forever, I don't want to be 25 and people saying, 'Oh she was better back then."
"I never really had any friends my age. I've grown up in the adult world all my life."
"I love to drive, It's the only time I get to be alone."
"It's wonderful to have money. But It's good that I know what the other side is like. I don't take for granted what I have now."
"Everyday something new pops into my mind: I could do this next or I could do that next. I want to grow more and more and show people different sides of myself, whether it's different kinds of music, different kinds of movies, or different kinds of television."
"Hopefully people will grow with me, because I'm definitely not going to be stuck in one place all my life."
"I went through that stage every teenager goes through: Who am I? What am I? Where do I fit in? In my case I had to deal with newspapers saying I looked fat or tired or my hair was a mess. People always criticize: they either love you, or they don't. But you have to block that out and concentrate on the work. And I feel I am doing good work, and I'm finally getting to see who I really am."
"I know you can't go back, so I try to do all the things other teenagers do."