I've got to overcome that tendency to hide what I write or throw it away.
Hopefully, I've established a career, but you can be a big sensation one day, and the next day everyone's going, 'Who? ... Who?'
I'm thankful for what I've got, but I'm cramming all my money into a trust fund because I don't ever want to look around and wonder where all my money went.
There were just a lot of things that happened between my mother and I, and I thought it would be easier if I lived with my grandmother.
Music should be fun. If it's not fun, then you're going to get burned out; you're not going to give the best show.
To just be able to sing and show off the chops is kind of why I got into the music industry.
I am an old soul: I do know so much about music history.
The first album, I'd had some input, but I was 14 years old then, and I really didn't know what I was talking about.
I'm not as naive as some people think.
I'm real cautious about staying a regular teenager. I've had other friends who hit it big with a record or something, and they changed completely. I don't want that to happen to me.
The reality of a long-term career is that there are ups and downs.
No, I wasn't really suing my mother. I was just trying to get in control of my finances and my life. My stepfather has only wanted me around for my money, and he threatened to leave my mother if he didn't get the money anymore.
I like show business - performing. I can't think of anything better.
I'd still rather be singing on stage than doing anything else.
I don't need a security guy pushing my fans around.
My body - it's become, as I get older... not my friend.
Being on the road is very inspiring.
To just to get up on stage and sing every night at 9 or 10 years old was unbelievable to me. It wasn't that I was getting paid; it was that I was getting paid to do what I like to do.
I toured all over the world, I have die-hard fans, and I had my dreams come true.
My image in general is real casual.
