Popular Quotes Through Time

My mother is very emotional as well, but my dad is more of the guts of the family. He was the main preacher, so he kind of had this little Pentecostal flair, but they are born-again.

I wanted it to be like Amy Grant, but it didn't pan out that way. My label actually went bankrupt, and I was left without a home.

I'm like a fatter version of Amy Winehouse and a skinnier version of Lily Allen.

Santa Barbara is my hood. I mean, it's not much of a hood, but it is definitely like my hood. I claim Santa Barbara like I claim my family. I'm going to be married and buried there.

I feel like my secret magic trick that separates me from a lot of my peers is the bravery to be vulnerable and truthful and honest.

Fame is, I think, just a disgusting by-product of what I do.

I was raised in a super-sheltered atmosphere where we didn't watch anything besides Trinity Broadcasting Network - which was called TBN - or the Fox News channel.

I don't feel like I'm very pop-star lame, but I'm definitely not hipster-cool.

You can't be a full tranny every day of the week that's an exaggerated part of my personality.

I remember really vividly kneeling by my bed as a nine-year-old, saying my prayers and asking God to give me boobs that were so big that if I laid on my back I wouldn't be able to see my feet.

I'm a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect.

Hollywood is so fake and people need to realize that people are just people, and you, too, don't need to be born into something or have money or have whatever product someone is hawking on you.

I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if that's all you've got, it's just boring. Everything I write, whether it's happy or sad, has a sense of humor to it.

I unfortunately still crave chicken McNuggets and bacon, which is the meat candy of the world.

For a modern woman it is important to be supported and that there is equality in every aspect, and that it's not two halves that make a whole - it's two wholes that make a whole.

Sometimes if you want to achieve something great, there will be curveballs. You just have to dodge them every once in a while.

Sometimes, you promise someone forever, but it doesn't work that way.

I'm either going to go completely mental, completely bankrupt, or have the best success of my life.

You know you're living right when you wake up, brush your hair - and confetti falls out!

My personality is up and down, sassy and cheeky.