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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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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've always felt like the underdog, and I'm comfortable with that label.
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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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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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I change my mind so much I need two boyfriends and a girlfriend.
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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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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 aggressive side of me comes across in my music, but I'm just a sweet girl.
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Sage is cleansing and sacred.
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I like feeling strong. It keeps my mental floor higher.
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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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The whole 'sell out' word to me is such a tired, tired word.
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My mom took all of my behavior personally. Everything I did, she thought it was an act of rebellion against her. But it was just me being me.
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My mom has always wished me a daughter just like me.
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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'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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For me, there is only love and fear.
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I live in America. I love being an American.
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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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Cutting, and suicide, two very different symptoms of the same problem, are gaining on us. I personally don't know a single person who doesn't know at least two of these victims personally.
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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.