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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.
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'Pretty' is not the amount of makeup on your face or the shirt you're wearing or the size of your pants - that is false.
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I was 15 on American Idol, and everybody had something to say. It was like I had my really awkward phase on national television, you know?
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A lot of my fans are young women that are my age. We're all going through the same problems at the same time, so I just tried to be really honest with that.
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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.
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I didn't realize when I first started writing how much it would set me free from certain situations in my life. It's incredible.
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I grew up eating fried food. I thought that macaroni and cheese was a vegetable.
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I think my favorite artists are honest artists, and as a songwriter, that's what you have to do. You have to be willing to put yourself out there in a really vulnerable way.
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I hope each week I grow and impress you guys and make you happy.
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I got really tired of fighting who I am, and I did that for a really long time; I was trying to be this perfect girl, perfect family, perfect body, and those people aren't real.
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I've always dreamed of doing a music video.
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My dad didn't know that I had an eating disorder. He had no idea, so that was weird. I was in an interview and just said it accidentally. I called my dad because I remember thinking, 'My dad does not know that,' and he was surprised. I think he understood, though.
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I want to write with Taylor Swift!
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I've been really fortunate with touring and sales and all those things because I have such a loyal fan base.
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I like having curves. Curves are in!
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As a 15, 16-year-old girl, someone messaging you on Facebook and telling you you're fat is devastating. It's still devastating when someone says something horrible about me, but I love myself so much more as a person.
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I love acting. I want to act as much as I can without interfering with the music.
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When you go through really hard times, you really figure out who you are, how you respond to things, and how things affect you.
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I want that to be my overall message - that we just need to love each other. We need to love other more.
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It's so interesting how you can take a bad situation and make a great song out of it that somebody else can listen to and have a completely different perspective of the song and have their own meaning. That's what's great about it.
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I like to sing in the car with the windows rolled down and hair blowing all over my face.
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I remember my doctors examining my vocal cords and asking if I had an eating disorder, and I instantly said no. But then my mom, who was in the room with me, said my name in her 'mom voice,' and I just lost it. I didn't realize that she knew or that anyone knew.
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Remember that it's okay to get help, and it doesn't make you weak.
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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.