“This too shall pass. It’s not the end of the world till there’s no pulse. You gotta keep going.”
“You can’t stop people from talking about you, but you can stop giving them something to talk about.”
“If you believe in yourself anything is possible.”
“The minute you stop making mistakes is the minute you stop learning.”
“Music is what I breathe, what I love to do. It keeps me alive.”
“There are multiple sides to all of us. Who we are – and who we might be if we follow our dreams.”
“Life’s a climb. But the view is great.”
“The biggest moments of insecurity come when all self-confidence is lost and you feel like people are watching and judging. It should be the opposite. You should feel like the people who are watching care about you. This is something we can try to give each other – the feeling that eyes signal support, not disdain.”
“Some people don’t have a family to fall back on, like I have, and that’s when something greater than even that comes in, and that’s faith and that’s what I have for me, that’s what keeps me strong.”
“The dreams that you hold for your future are what you dream about at night. They’re always at the back of your mind. They’re what your heart desires. They keep you going. Accept reality and have a backup plan, but always follow your dreams no matter what.”
“When you are ready to move on or if you come to peace with pain, you’ll find a silver lining.”
“Dad always says that I could sing before I could talk.”
“For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. You never know what it’s going to look like on the other side, but you’ll see it eventually if you keep your eyes open.”
“Music is the love of my life. It’s a total escape from reality. Music transports you to another place, someplace unexpecet and meaningful.”
“Even the hard times are part of your life story. If you acknowledge them and move past them, they eventually add up to the experience that makes you wise.”
“The pictures of me on the Internet were silly, inappropriate shots. I appreciate all the support of my fans, and hope they understand that along the way I am going to make mistakes and I am not perfect. I never intended for any of this to happen, and I am truly sorry if I have disappointed anyone. Most of all, I have let myself down. I will learn from my mistakes and trust my support team.”
“Little moments attach themselves to other little moments and collect into big dreams. We become what we experience.”
“It is important to ask yourself why you’re doing what you’re doing and what purpose it serves in the big picture.”
“Beauty is the enemy. We try to conquer not feeling beautiful all our lives. It’s a battle that can’t be won. There’s no definition of beauty. The only way to achieve beauty is to feel it from inside without breaking it down into individual physical attributes.”
“You deal. You survive. You grow up and you build a career. And you remember these big/little hardships. They make you human.”
“Your kids are going to make mistakes whether I do or not. That’s just life.”
“As soon as I step on that stage, nothing matters. I don’t think of it as work. It’s just so much fun.”
“Growing up is important, and I’ve got to do that gracefully, but also keep myself at a good pace.”
“The only people that you really have, that I learned, are your family, because they love you no matter what.”
“I will learn from my mistakes and trust my support team. My family and my faith will guide me through my life’s journey.”
“My fans are my family.”
“My favorite sport is cheerleading!”
“My job isn’t to tell your kids how to act or how not to act, because I’m still figuring that out for myself.”
“It’s important at Christmas time to be daring – to put your cell phone and your computer away and actually be with your family and not just be worrying about other things that you can deal with every other day.”
“I am obviously under the public eye a lot…Instead of putting negativity to it, taking the opportunity to make it a positive thing. It gives me an opportunity to voice those decisions, those things I go through a little more publicly, and hopefully they help people out in their lives.”
“I like to think of myself as the girl that no one can get, that no one can keep in their hand. Even at my age, a lot of girls are starting to fall and I think if [staying a virgin] is a commitment girls make, that’s great.”
“We’re all changing. I thank you for helping me as I grow through that.”
“You’re only supposed to hear the things coming from the people that genuinely love you.”
“Love is what makes the world go around, and that’s all we need to focus on.”
