"Trying to figure out this life .”

"Life is like a roller coaster, live it, be happy, enjoy life.”

“I don't believe war is a way to solve problems. I think it's wrong. I don't have respect for the people that made the decisions to go on with war. I don't have that much respect for Bush. He's about war, I'm not about war - a lot of people aren't about war.”

"My dream was always to hop up on stage in front of my fans every night and perform.”

“To understand me, toi have to meet me and be around me. And then only if I'm in a good mood - don't meet me in a bad mood.”

“I'm just coming out and I'm going to clearly be myself - I write what I feel, I never worry what others think.”

“I liked being a minor because toi can't get into trouble. Now I just have to try and behave myself.”

“Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be.”

“i dont want to be compared to britney,ashlee,hilary ou lindsay. i want to be compared to me.”

“People are like, 'Well, she doesn't know the Sex Pistols.' Why would I know that stuff? Look how young I am. That stuff's old, right?”

“I'm the kind of person who always likes to be doing something.”

"I want to be played on the radio. I want to have haut, retour au début 40 hits,”

"When I'm accueil I go out with my friends. I go shopping, I go to clubs and I go to movies, ... There's just a certain way toi have to do it, and I know how to handle myself and I know how to take care of myself and where I can and can't go and when I can and can't go. It's all do-able. I still have a life. I may have to work a little harder at it, but that's totally fun because most of the time I'm busy anyway.”

“In America, I get a lot of younger kids, but there's teens and adults too, ... In Europe, for some reason, I see a lot plus males in the audience. In Japan, I don't even notice any kids, partially because they're a lot plus strict about fan behavior over there.”

“Well it's so true because I was only 17 -- I was right out of high school, I didn't even finish,”

“I'm with toi , ... Could it be any plus obvious?”

"When I get really upset, I go to my guitar. I feel like it's my therapist."

"I write about whatever's on my heart."

"Girls and guys can relate to my songs. They are deep and emotional. I wrote those lyrics when I was trying to survive."

"I get all these loser preps coming up to me asking for autographs and all this crap, and I really want to tell them, 'My musique is not for people like you!'"

"I'm a chick with edge. I like to rock out, have fun, and 'cause trouble."

"I'd wear baggy size-32 pants and hoodies. I was a little badass."

"I created punk for this jour and age. Do toi see Britney walking around wearing ties and chant punk? Hell no. That's what I do. I'm like a Sid Vicious for a new generation. People look up to me and want to be me. And that's fine, just don't try to copy the sh** I do!"

"I won't let people push me around. If I did, I'd probably look like another Britney Spears."

"I always go with my gut and stand up for what I believe in. I'm a fighter. I fight for what I want."

"When things are very real and honest, they don't go away."

"I'm a person with a ton of energy who likes to scream and party and rock out. And there are other sides of me that are real serious."

"I've definitely grown a lot in that whole period - especially as a person."

"I come out dressing the way I always dress and people are like, 'Oh, that's fake.' Kiss my a** that's fake, toi don't know me."

"I'm not into gloss and glamour.But now i'm just trying to fit with the world"

"I don't really care if my clothes are wrinkled ou there's a stain on my shirt. Going out on the road, your clothes are dirty."

"I think because I was brought up in a Christian home, I was kind of careful not to swear in my lyrics."

"School gave me an inferiority complex, I never did my work, was always talking, and failed all my tests because I ddin't try. I would be throwing M&Ms and the English teacher would say, 'Stop that ou I'm going to make toi leave the room.' And I'd be like, 'That's what I want.' So I'd keep throwing them, get kicked out, and grab my skateboard and go skate."

"I was always getting into trouble, getting sent to the principal's office and getting suspen- well a couple of times I was suspended."

"Pink's pretty cool. She's just kinda like a poser."

"People like Shakira shouldn't have record contracts. She can't even speak English."

"I don't want to be no fake pop sh**."

"When I was 2 my mom a dit she knew I was going to be a singer. I`ve been performing ever since I was a young kid. So I`ve known I wanted to do this for awhile. I always knew in my cœur, coeur that I`d be singing."

"I might look like a tough chick - and I am - but I`m also a hopeless romantic inside."

"Actually, I know for a fact there are some young female artists who don`t even sing on their own records and who don`t sing live. And that is pathetic. (about lipsynching)"

"My mom wouldn`t let me sing `Strawberry Wine` because it had `wine` in it."

"People ask me if I regret wasting my last teen years on becoming a singer. toi know something? I don`t. Because chant is my life. When and if toi want something so badly you`ll see. I mean, I`m just so blessed to be doing what I l’amour to do and to have be."

"I have my own style that happens to be different from everyone else in Hollywood. My inspiration is me."