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" Sometimes I can be distracted by the glamour and the fabulousness. "

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" People love the idea of a good girl gone bad, thinking that my parents were so strict and disowned me, but that actually wasn't the case. Even though they don't necessarily agree with some of the things I do, they love me as their daughter. That's always been their perspective. "

" My parents were strict, but it was the world I lived in. I had no idea there was a world outside. "

" Touring is always important to me. It's like a big IOU to my fans, because I know they are the reason I exist. "

" I have multipersonality disorder - in a very good way, of course - when it comes to my fashion choices. "

" I have a lot of ambition. "

" Unfortunately, I think a lot of people are affected more by the idea of fame than the actual work ethic involved. A lot of them just want to be reality TV-type people who don't do anything. "

" I grew up in a life where the answer was always there, I guess. But now I'm out on my own and still looking for the answer. Nothing is solved for me. "

" I still want to make a pop record. I want to make a more sonically current pop record. I maybe want to make people move a little bit more. "

" I really like to look like a history book. I can look 1940s, I can look 1970s hippie-chic, or sometimes I'll pull that '80s Brooklyn hip-hop kid with the door-knocker earrings. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I don't care what people say about my relationship; I don't care what they say about my boobs. People are buying my songs; I have a sold-out tour. I'm getting incredible feedback from my music. "

" I don't take anything for granted. There are 500 other girls right behind me. And I know that, because I was one of them. "

" My dad would give me $10, which is a lot of money when you're 9, to sing at church, on tables at restaurants, at family functions, just about anywhere. "

" People talk about bullying, but you can be your own bully in some ways. You can be the person who is standing in the way of your success, and that was the case for me. "

" 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. "

" The first songs I wrote were catchy, but the subject matter was God. "

" I've done a lot of bad things. Use your imagination. "

" I'm kind of a more sunshiny person myself. "

" With songs, I've always pledged to be honest. I write my songs because I've lived them. "

" I believe in a lot of astrology. I believe in aliens... I look up into the stars and I imagine: 'How self-important are we to think that we are the only life-form?' "

" I'm okay with having bad dance moves. I'm okay with having horrible lower teeth. That's what makes me me, and for some reason it's worked out all right. "

" I unfortunately still crave chicken McNuggets and bacon, which is the meat candy of the world. "

" I get a lot of the ideas when I'm resting - either when I'm meditating or getting some kind of work done on my back, like physical therapy or acupuncture. That's where I get my best ideas, maybe because I'm balancing my body. "

" I'd never devote a whole record to heartbreak. "

" You know you're living right when you wake up, brush your hair - and confetti falls out! "

" I'm kind of a good girl - and I'm not. I'm a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect. I'm a bad girl because I like to tease. I know that I have sex appeal in my deck of cards. But I like to get people thinking. That's what the stories in my music do. "