“I’m very much half-American – my mom is American. I grew up in Australia until I was 16 then I finished high school over here because I got into this performing arts high school.”

I don’t do filler songs. I don’t get them. They don’t make any sense to me. Why would I literally waste my time on a song that doesn’t hold up to the same standards as the other songs on the album? I won’t play it live.

I’m a pretty aggressive girl in general. So if there’s a boy that I like, you’re going to know how I feel. I just put it out there.

That is what Home Depot is to me, and that is the only romantic thing about it.

I want it all. I want the Pepsi endorsement. I want the arena shows. I want Times Square!

Whether or not cutting my hair was the right decision, it empowered me.

So many people have listened to my song because of it – I’m beyond grateful. It’s funny because when I met Spencer and Dustin, they were so excited to meet me, but I was like you’re the celebrities to me – they’re the ones with a video has over 10 million views.

My intent for EPs – and, really, my philosophy on my music – is that every single song has to be worth it.

An alcoholic father, poverty, my own juvenile diabetes, the limited English my parents spoke – although my mother has become completely bilingual since. All these things intrude on what most people think of as happiness.

Being a good mother does not call for the same qualities as being a good housewife; a dedication to keeping children clean and tidy may override an interest in their separate development as individuals.

Most people marry their mother. I married my father.

Her mother was a cultivated woman – she was born in a greenhouse.

If a mute kid swears, should his mother wash his hands with soap?

They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse.

My mom was a great tennis player, and I remember being six or seven years old watching Steffi Graf and Monica Seles in Wimbledon in my house. I’ve always been a tennis fan.

I Came To Mumbai With Just Rs. 1,500. My Mother Gave Me Before She Died.