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

The hotter the fire the purer the gold is.

The past is like a handful of dust. It filters through your fingers, disappearing little by little. I wish, for one day, I could go back. In another life, I would do things differently.

I’m okay with having bad dance moves. I’m okay with having horrible lower teeth. That’s what makes me me, and for some reason, it’s worked out all right.

Recycle those nerves and make their adrenaline.

Acceptance is the key to be truly free.

If people want a role model, they can have Miley Cyrus!

Find out what your gift is and nurture it.

My dad would give me $10, which is a lot of money when you’re 9, to sing at church, on tables at restaurants, at family functions, just about anywhere.

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

I don’t care what people say about my relationship; I don’t care what they say about my boobs. People are buying my songs; I have a sold-out tour. I’m getting incredible feedback from my music.

Now it’s clear to me/ that everything you see/ ain’t always what it seems.

Be yourself, that’s what makes the world go round!

Cause I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar.

It’s okay to be proud of hard-earned success. There’s no shame in being a boss.

I believe that I will be loved again, in the right way. I know I’m worth it.

This year, I promised myself I would meditate more.

I was like, I don’t know if I can hold that promise [to wait until marriage to have sex] because this guy at camp is really cute. Sex wasn’t talked about in my home, but I was a very curious young girl.

I don’t allow anybody to change me. I still walk outta my house in rollers and I take walks.

I can’t wait to be home with you and our dogs, that’s all I need.

A middle finger is more New York than a corporate ambush. I bleed for my hometown, and I’d die for my fans.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

Love is like a brick. You can build a house, or you can sink a dead body.

My heart was a nameless place, but you came and called it home.

My goal is to get my music out to as many people as possible. That a song of mine is being played on the radio so far away from home really, really pushes me. It’s everything I’ve dreamed of.