I don't want to blame it all on 9<br>11, but it certainly didn't help matters.
I always looked up to Michael [Jackson] because he was never afraid to just be himself, never tried to be anything that he wasn't.
It's okay for my Beliebers to have a boyfriend, but please don't kiss them in front of me because I get jealous.
I feel like, If I would have lived in my hometown, I probably would have gotten in a lot more trouble. I was just in places where I could have gotten in trouble. I skateboarded a lot, just getting into the wrong stuff. I could've just hung out with the wrong friends.
I just want to be the biggest artist that I can be, and I want to make a difference. I feel like Michael (Jackson) made a difference with everything that he did. He was so charitable and just always on-point. I just want to be where he is, as an artist.
I think older people can appreciate my music because I really show my heart when I sing, and it's not corny. I think I can grow as an artist, and my fans will grow with me.
Don’t try to be anybody else because that’s what makes you not swaggy.
I don't want to blame it all on 911, but it certainly didn't help matters.
I don't think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.
I had been at the director's workshop for women at the AFI, which at the time was a great thing to do. I had always meant to direct, and for a variety of reasons that are hard to explain, I never did. I produced many things - there'll be people who tell you I directed through them - and of course I wrote. It took a divorce, a move back to New York and a kind of "now I can do anything" to say, "I really want to do this. "
To listen to critics, pro or con, and take their words to heart is to subcontract your self-esteem to strangers. (from Workbook)
Some people say that watching pay freezes in the government is like watching water freeze. It expands.