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People who see an unhappy, sulky pop star assume that she's an ungrateful, self-absorbed little ninny. But nobody knows what's really going on. I need to eat, I need to sleep, and sometimes those things weren't considered. It was like, "When do you think I'll have time to go to the bathroom?" That wasn't on the schedule.
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Some people are afraid of change and [feel] that getting older is a bad thing, but I really love maturing and gaining wisdom, and the experience of being pregnant and having a child and seeing what a woman's body can do is amazing.
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Let's get glam. It's all in the way you move. Let's get glam. Don't let the clothes wear you. Let's get glam. It's all an attitude.
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Who is that girl I see, staring straight back at me? When will my reflection show who I am inside?
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I'm turning 30 years old this year ... it's better than 20, I'll tell you that. The lessons I've learned.
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What is it in us that makes us feel the need to keep pretending... we gotta let ourselves be.
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I was born in Staten Island, New York. But I call my hometown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, because that's basically where I ended up from age eight on. But right after Staten Island... I've lived everywhere from Texas, to Japan for three years, to New Jersey. I'm this traveling girl. My father was in the Army, so I guess I'm an Army brat.
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My son is healthy and happy, so that's all that matters to me.
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I was brought up in a household of chaos and I never felt stable at home. At a really young age, I decided I was never going to feel helpless, I was never going to feel weak around a man, and I was never going to rely on anyone. Independence was a big, big thing for me.
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My parent's divorce and hard times at school, all those things combined to mold me, to make me grow up quicker. And it gave me the drive to pursue my dreams that I wouldn't necessarily have had otherwise.
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Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.
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I feel like I've been locked up tight for a century, waiting for someone to release me.
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I'm always nervous before I go on stage, but once I'm out there everything is great and it's my favorite place to be.
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People that fel alone or outcast that hurt, kids that feel bullied or lost, remember that you have a voice and you should use that voice to survive and persevere.
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Life is a journey, it can take you anywhere you choose to go
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My elementary school days were miserable. After Star Search, the jealousy got really bad that our neighbors slashed our tires.
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I want to be a poet. I don't want to talk about genies in bottles anymore.
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Independence was a big, big thing for me. I saw my voice as a way out - when my parents fought, I'd run up to my room, put on The Sound of Music, open the window and sing out. My voice was my escape.
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You need to find the power within to make [things] happen for yourself. When you realize this, you are unstoppable.
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Whether you like me, or hate me, this is me.
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I lose myself in my performances so I wouldn't say that I ever act on stage. I don't find it to be an acting drill for me. I just find it to be something very real that comes from a very gut-driven, honest place.
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It's impossible to redefine yourself and your life overnight.
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The female form is much more erotic than the male, who doesn't think that?
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You can never be too perfect, too thin, too curvy. I'm very confident and happy with my body.