“I was home-schooled my whole life, pretty much.”

Don’t attack a girl because you see one photo of her and a guy in public.

Something most people don’t know about me is that I’m quite the loner, I would say. I don’t really ever leave my house.

It breaks my heart that some of my fans think that because they love me and they idolize me, they have to be just like me and dress like me and act like me.

To my younger self, I would say not to be so hard on yourself. I think that you are your biggest critic.

I want to do things that are true to me and give people a sense of who I am.

I usually go to sleep with wet hair. When I wake up, it either has a really pretty wave, or I look like a poodle.

Do what you want to do, and don’t feel pressure to do what other people want.

I like to think, hopefully, people agree that I’m fashionable.

I want to be role model for people to be like, ‘I don’t need a major label to be a successful artist and to have a successful song.’

I’ve definitely had my fair share of guys being a little too much with me, and they think just because they follow me on Instagram, they know me.

I just love music – I was always singing and dancing.

There was a time in my career when I felt like I wasn’t being true to myself. I was being moulded into an artist I wasn’t, and I knew I had to do everything I wanted to do. I think that’s an issue a lot of women face, and men do have it easier in a lot of ways.

I think my fans inspire me a lot. They’re a huge part of my career. I wouldn’t be where I am without them, so I try to feed off what they’re going through. I read their tweets and Instagrams.

Every time I feel like I’m gaining a bit of weight, I’ll eat healthily for, like, 3 days. Then I’ll be like, ‘Oh, I look skinny again.’ Then I’ll go back to eating bad, but I tell myself it’s OK, I’m only 19, so I can do it while I can.

I’m very much focused on my career.

I feel like, with makeup, I really picked it up on my own. There’s no one really in my family – my grandma is probably the closest – who loves makeup like I do.

If home is where the heart is, then I don’t know where to go.

The Dalai Lama visited the White House and told the President that he could teach him to find a higher state of consciousness. Then after talking to Bush for a few minutes, he said, ‘You know what? Let’s just grab lunch.’

I never saw film stars at home. We had no maid, no cook, no swimming pool.

Stay close to the people that feel like home.

I just try to go to work, and concentrate on coming home to my girls.

You wouldn’t want to see a movie where the bad guys triumph over the good guys all the time. You’d get bummed out, and you’d just stay at home and watch the news.

The type of girls that would sleep with you in a heartbeat aren’t the type of girls I’d want to take home anyway.

I’m still a kid. I’m like six years old. But it’s just a matter of wanting to get up, it’s just a big journey. I felt like when I left home that I was on a journey, and I still am.