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" I always knew I wanted a great man of God, someone who was going to be an inspiration for people and also be a lovely husband and father. "

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" I think that parents grow up with an idea of what they want their kids to be like - and then their kids grow up to be people of themselves, of their own. "

" People always ask me, 'What is it that you regret?' And I say, 'nothing, because I could not buy what I've learned.' And I apply those things to my life I learn. And hopefully, hopefully it helps me to be a better human in the future and make better choices. "

" I write my songs because I've lived them. "

" There are a lot of things that are personally uncomfortable to show, especially me without makeup and completely bloated or crying. But I've realized that it's time for me to show my audience that you don't have to be perfect to achieve your dreams. Because nobody relates to being perfect. "

" My mother is very emotional as well, but my dad is more of the guts of the family. He was the main preacher, so he kind of had this little Pentecostal flair, but they are born-again. "

" I pray for humility, honestly, because it's very easy to be caught up in this world. "

" Santa Barbara is my hood. I mean, it's not much of a hood, but it is definitely like my hood. I claim Santa Barbara like I claim my family. I'm going to be married and buried there. "

" My whole thing is to agree to disagree and to have respect because nothing can really be changed and you wouldn't want to ruin their happiness - even if that happiness is ignorance. "

" Sometimes if you want to achieve something great, there will be curveballs. You just have to dodge them every once in a while. "

" I'm on this extraordinary adventure, and if I have no one to talk to at the end of the night, I feel lonely. "

" I think you become more relatable when you're vulnerable. "

" If you like my music, great, and if you don't, whatever. I'm going to keep making it either way. "

" I was raised in a super-sheltered atmosphere where we didn't watch anything besides Trinity Broadcasting Network - which was called TBN - or the Fox News channel. "

" I never want to be just one thing - I want to be multidimensional. "

" I don't need the Prince Charming to have my own happy ending. "

" Fame is, I think, just a disgusting by-product of what I do. "

" I'm a woman who likes to be courted - strongly. "

" I'm okay with having horrible lower teeth. "

" One thing I can't do, and I hope that there are other people out there that feel the same way, is climb a rope. Oh my gosh, it's so hard to climb rope! It's all about grip and arms. "

" My sister travels with me, and she's the person who keeps me in line, whether I like it or not. I trust her and also have a good, healthy fear of her. "

" I didn't have a childhood. "

" I'm not defined by where I came from. I never took part in the rules and hatred that sometimes go along with religion. But if my parents are happy with what they believe, then I'm happy to stay out of their way. We agree to disagree. "

" My style icons were Gwen Stefani, when she was in No Doubt, and then Shirley Manson in Garbage. "

" I'm still driving along on the pop freeway of life. Thinking even further into the future, I definitely want to make an acoustic record. I want to try lots of different things. "

" When I first started out, I was really attracted to having my own sense of style because I started swing dancing, lindy hop, and jitterbug. "

" The records are black boxes for me. Like, if you want to know who I am, my views, my perspective, things I love, things I hate, my convictions, my anthems. I've never let people's opinions affect the way I write. "

" At my second record label, they told me and other female artists that some of us were going on the chopping block. I was 19... and it was devastating. "

" I never live in the present. I'd do interviews and people will say, 'Isn't this great?' or 'Can you believe?' And I would react, like, 'No, I can't believe it because I'm not living in this moment.' "

" I grew up listening to gospel. That was the only thing that I had reference to because that was what my family was involved with. "