Phrases
01. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
02. I still watch cartoons. I love music. I feel like I’m 18, but with more confidence and sense.
03. Everyone says I’m like the girl next door… Y’all must have really weird neighbors!
04. The thing I live about most about my career is getting to meet so many different kinds of people.
05. The hardest thing about being in this business is just being able to be yourself.
06. I’m cute – and God I hate that. Because that’s not cool. I’m like your niece, and nobody wants to date their niece.
07. I do not need a man in my life to be strong, to be happy, to be fulfilled.
08. Honestly, I just think we are all in this love whirlwind and we are so busy loving ourselves that we can’t be bothered to love anybody else.
09. I think it’s really important to look at the big picture instead of just one competition.
10. I put on the Hank Williams and the Patsy Cline and the Rosemary Clooney on vinyl – I had a crush on her as a kid because I just loved her voice.
11. I’m actually not a big coffee fan, but I needed caffeine.
12. If you’re having a bad day, just remember that you have managed to get out of bed, eat, and get dressed. You’re already a winner!
13. Just because you’re working does not mean you’re making money. That’s two different things.
14. When you’re a pop star, you don’t always have a choice in how you’re portrayed.
15. Sometimes it sucks dating because it’s so many wrong ones until you get the right one.
16. I love healthy stuff and junk an equal amount. Whatever I’m craving, I go for it.
17. I don’t think you ever feel settled unless you’re retired and sitting at home and I’m not ready for that.
18. My experiences remind me that it’s those black clouds that make the blue skies even more beautiful.
19. When I die, I want to come back as one of my dogs. They live nicely.
20. There’s a lot of worse things than being known for a strong work ethic.
21. You can’t please everyone, and trying to is the kiss of death. I don’t care about the haters. Anyone who is doing anything in life will have people hating on them.
22. Don’t ever, for any reason, do anything to anyone for any reason ever, no matter what, no matter where, or who, or who you are with, or where you are going, or where you’ve been… ever, for any reason whatsoever.
23. No matter what happens in life, be good to people.
24. The more you love your decisions, the less you need others to love them.
25. Life is very interesting… in the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.
26. The higher you climb on the ladder, the more they can see your butt.
27. I’ve found that in the end, most of the time, things will align just right.
28. My advice would be to just walk in your truth.
29. I never said I was a ‘good girl.’ I’m not a bad girl.
30. I do respect people’s faith, but I don’t respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control.
31. Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down.
32. Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
33. I forgive but I also learn a lesson. I won’t hate you, but I’ll never get close enough for you to hurt me again.
34. You make me better than I was before. Thank God I’m yours.
35. I believe in a thing called love.
36. I don’t want to be famous, or recognizable. I don’t have that orange ambition to be the next cover girl.
37. I like singing because it’s something you can do and nobody can tell you you’re doing it wrong.
38. I don’t focus on what I’m up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.
39. I think as a woman it’s in our nature to nurture someone else. Sometimes at the expense of ourselves.
40. I love being nurturing and caring because I love to see other people happy.
41. People think of me as just a singer, but I’m an entertainer.
42. The reason why people give up is because they focus on how far they have to go instead of how far they have come.
43. I never wore the right shoes and I never carried the right bag. I just liked what I liked.
44. Sometimes, when I’m alone, I put on six inch heels and wear nothing else and dance around in front of the mirror and do my little stripper dance.
45. Trying to please everyone is impossible – if you did that, you’d end up in the middle with nobody liking you. You’ve just got to make the decision about what you think is your best, and do it.
46. We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here now with the power to shape your day and your future.
47. The sun will always come out again and it will be better than ever.
48. Sometimes you have to do what’s best for you and your life, not what’s best for everyone else.
49. The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us.
50. I feel like my life is so scattered right now. Like it’s all these small pieces of paper and someone’s turned on the fan. But talking about it, putting it into words, makes it seem less chaotic.