It's easier to forgive those who hurt you than those who hurt the people you love.
I see a lot of true artists. . . then you see them on the cover of Maxim. That's the lowest of low to me. I would never do anything like that.
I auditioned [for America's Most Talented Kids] just to see where I would rank. I had been playing [gigs] around town, and I wanted to see what people thought of me because when I played a show, everyone would clap but I didn't know what they were really thinking.
It's a little awkward to know that the world is going to see you and your mom argue about stupid things and watch me get grounded. . . again.
I want to go to Berkeley and major in music.
It's good for my fans to be able to connect with me as a person because I am a very normal 15-, 16-year-old girl. I still get in trouble. I still have boy problems and friend problems so it's just very good for my fans to see that.
My style philosophy is: Be comfortable.
I don't think I underestimated [Vladimir Putin], but I think that I underestimated the degree to which, in this new information age, it is possible for misinformation for cyber hacking and so forth to have an impact on our open societies, our open systems, to insinuate themselves into our democratic practices in ways that I think are accelerating.
I wonder sometimes if I'm the only one spending my life making the same mistake over and over again or if that's simply human. Do we all tend toward a single besetting sin?
Misers are very kind people: they amass wealth for those who wish their death.
The man of science is a poor philosopher.