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" I just desperately wanted to be thin. That's all I thought. I was obsessed with it, which it was ridiculous because I had everything going for me. I was following my dream. Everything I wanted at the time, I was getting. But I was obsessed with this other thing that was making me unhappy. "

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" I don't want to be the young girl that people say, 'Man, that Lauren Alaina girl, she's got a lot of talent, but she's lost her mind.' I don't ever want that to be me - ever. "

Lauren Alaina

People

Mind

Girl

" As a little girl, I remember always wanting my grandmother to make blackberry cobbler for me. I'm obsessed with it. "

" I want to be happy. We all want to be happy. I want to be treated like a normal human being, but I also want to be on stage in a fancy dress, so I'm trying to find a happy medium. "

" I had bulimia for a few years. I was really sick. I don't know that person; I can't believe that was me. "

Lauren Alaina

Know

Person

" I took some of the hardest things about my life and wrote an empowering song with it. It has made me want to always write from that place. "

" When I first heard my song 'Georgia Peaches' on the radio, I opened up the car windows and started screaming to the other people on the road, 'My song's on the radio!' Of course, I wasn't driving. "

" The first time I heard 'Georgia Peaches,' I absolutely loved it. "

" My favorite type of music to sing is a crossover between country and pop. "

" My mom married a family friend, and my dad married someone that's eight years older than me, so it was just like, these - like, I literally live a country song, so I had to write one. "

Lauren Alaina

Live

Song

" I had five singles that did not work on country radio, and I still had fans that showed up to the shows. "

Lauren Alaina

Fans

Still

" I write about what's on my mind. It's like a stress reliever. "

" I had really bad polyps on my vocal cords, and I've had them since I was a kid, but the bulimia made it 10 times worse. They were bleeding constantly, and it was straining on my voice. And just the lack of nutrition - my vocal cords couldn't keep up because I was so unhealthy. "

Lauren Alaina

Voice

Nutrition

" I had to learn correct portion control. I eat an egg-white omelet for breakfast, shrimp and veggies for lunch, and chicken with asparagus for dinner. "

" I don't have those superstitious ticks that people have to have something for the road. I like to have good food on the bus, my own pillow, and onesies. Onesies are a must. "

" I grew up eating fried food. I thought that macaroni and cheese was a vegetable. "

" There's just as much positivity as there is negativity, but for some reason, people focus on the negative things. And I used to be that person, but I'm not that person anymore. "

" I don't think that anyone was trying to keep me from writing the first album. It's just when you're on 'American Idol' or a TV show like that, you wanna capitalize on that momentum, and you want to use that to your advantage, obviously, so the best way to do that is to get the music out as fast as possible. And there's no time to create, really. "

Lauren Alaina

Writing

Music

" I love acting. I want to act as much as I can without interfering with the music. "

" I don't let people say mean things to me! I don't surround myself with people who'd want to do that. "

" I like any song that can tell a story that people can relate to. "

" Remember that it's okay to get help, and it doesn't make you weak. "

" People are pretty because they're nice, and they care about other people, and they have a good heart. That's what makes you pretty, and I didn't know that at one point in my life. "

" For whatever reason, people just like to come out and say whatever they want to say about you when you're on TV. "

Lauren Alaina

Reason

Want

" I knew Scotty was going to win. At the beginning of the episode, I was like, 'Scotty, are you ready to win?'. I knew he was going to in my heart. I accepted it. I couldn't pick a more perfect person to get second place to. He's my best friend. "

" I want to be the girl who has a positive influence on people's lifestyle. I don't want to be the girl who has an eating disorder, and that's why she looks the way she looks. "

" People would say to me, 'Who do you want to be as an artist?' And I would just look at them because I didn't know. "

Lauren Alaina

You

People

" My first kiss was in 7th grade. It grossed me out. I kind of freaked out! "

Lauren Alaina

Kiss

Out

" I was really fearful that I was going to lose my record deal. It's really scary as a female to not have that success early on in your career, 'cause you don't know how many chances you are going to get. "

" It is a horrible feeling to have people bashing you online. "

" To see your dad cry is like - It's different than to see your mom cry, you know? "