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Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. But you have to get there.
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I don't live in the Hollywood bubble. I never have and I never will.
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I have to speak for myself. As far as videos go - casting, the artwork, everything - I'm completely hands-on. You have to be if you want your points across.
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I've always felt like the underdog, and I'm comfortable with that label.
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I change my mind so much I need two boyfriends and a girlfriend.
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I sing my life. It's like I'm having group therapy 350 days a year, and the people who come to the show get that, and they're there for that - whether it's to be lifted up, or to be lifted out, or just entertained or inspired, or to feel not so alone.
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Today, charting your own course isn't just more necessary than ever before. It's also much easier - and much more fun.
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You can't move mountains by whispering at them.
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Sage is cleansing and sacred.
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Every album, I'm worried that I'm a dork and a fraud - 'What if I can't sing anymore?' Then I stop thinking and start playing guitar, and I realize that it's okay to suck, and move forward.
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The whole 'sell out' word to me is such a tired, tired word.
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I'm very much in the trenches, and I don't live in the lap of luxury. I come from a working-class military family. We watch the news and read the paper and vote, so there's always something to be upset about. I always have a certain amount of angst in my back pocket.
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The aggressive side of me comes across in my music, but I'm just a sweet girl.
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I've been asked to do 'American Idol' and 'X Factor.' I'm an Ed McMahon kind of girl. 'Star Search?' I'm in, all day long. It felt more authentic, and the market wasn't oversaturated with karaoke contests.
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In the late '90s, R&B was dominant in the radio, and the white kids were taking it mainstream.
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I always wrote poetry as a teenager and it was always so dark, but it made me feel good to get it out.
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Big productions, to me, are great - like, I love going to Vegas and seeing shows - but I think that sometimes it's distracting, especially when you are there to listen to the music.
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A lot of people have problems with public confrontation, but it doesn't worry me at all. I can handle myself. I know my martial arts.
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Having a child is the best thing that could happen.
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I live in America. I love being an American.
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I want art to make me think. In order to do that, it may piss me off, or make me uncomfortable. That promotes awareness and change, or at least some discussion.
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I like feeling strong. It keeps my mental floor higher.
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My mom has always wished me a daughter just like me.
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I write from my life, my experience. I'm selfish that way.