My mom always says, 'If you don't believe in something, you'll lose yourself completely.'
Hilary Duff
My life is very crazy and busy, but I love it that way.
I stopped going to school in the middle of fourth grade. Everyone grows up with the peer pressure, and kids being mean to each other in school. I think that's such a horrible thing, but I never really dealt with it in a high school way.
People are going to say what they want to say and think what they want to think, and I can't change their minds.
Sometimes I just wish I had a day off. I really need to clean my room.
Sometimes I got scared of being too honest, because being in the public eye, I have always tried to hide my personal life. But I realized that isn't healthy.
I think people assume I'm perfect. I'm not. I make mistakes. I do things I regret. I'm stubborn.
Mom always tells me to celebrate everyone's uniqueness. I like the way that sounds.
I ate a bug once. It was flying around me. I was trying to get it away. It went right in my mouth. It was so gross!
I'm pretty good at thinking about everything - all of my consequences - before I make a decision, and I think about everything that's going to happen because of that decision. I'm a Libra, and I'm very strategic.
I love clothes. I can't control myself. I have a huge fetish for shoes and clothes and make-up. I'm the kind of person who doesn't like to wear things over and over again.
I don't believe in having one partner for your whole life, but I hope I get married. I want to have a husband and two kids and a nice little life baking pies. I'm quite romantic. It's definitely important to have someone make you feel special.
I'm drawing the gossip surrounding the celebrity, or the image the celebrity tries to push on us.
It's hard to stay true to yourself and what you want in life when there are so many distractions and so much craziness going on around you.
I know I can handle dramatic roles, but I don't think I should have to play a young mother on crack to prove it.
I have always been interested in the paranormal and afterlife, everything from ghosts to angels. I think that everyone has that curiosity of the great unknown.
Everybody always talks about it, about how you don't know love until you meet your baby, and you really feel that. There are no words. It was a really wonderful surprise. And there is no way to prepare yourself for the sleep deprivation and what comes with it.
I've had a very unique path that's different from everybody else's. I was never a dater. I never went out that much. I've always had long-distance relationships. And, everything has come very fast in my life. I haven't waited for much.
So many schools are getting rid of music programs and it's really sad because I know that when I started singing and stuff it was something that I always wanted to do and I never believed in myself to be able to do it.
I'm outgoing when I have to be, but usually, I'm kinda shy. I always think people don't want to talk to me. Some people might take that as being stuck-up, but I'm just shy.
I don't keep a journal anymore. I did when I was younger, and I think its good for young girls to try and express what they are feeling on paper; it's cathartic.
Before I wasn't sure what I wanted to say, but now, I have had so many different experiences that they have given me what I want to get across in my music.
As a mom, it's so important to feel confident in what you're doing.
I just think that there's so much judgment in the world, whether it's coming from women in general or from men onto women - it's a lot. And when it comes to being a mom, I wish everyone could band together and realize that everyone has different beliefs, different styles, and different things that work for them and their family.
There definitely was a time when I was pretty obsessed with my weight, but I'm better off not stressing about my body all the time.
My first crush was on John Travolta in 'Grease.'
Every week I read about myself in a magazine, about something that I haven't done or some place that I've never been or don't even know. It's just gossip, rumors, egos, and politics.
I think I'm happy with who I am. I don't know if I learned that from other girls or just people in general.
At first, when I got bad press and people would talk bad about my family or something like that, I would get really upset, but now it's just not worth my energy.
No, I'm not! I'm not a tomboy! I love my makeup! That's not true! I'm not a tomboy!
Like going to my favorite restaurant, it can sometimes get hard. I just can't go to the mall.
I love that Euro-pop dance music, but with girl power. I also listen to Janis Joplin and Bob Dylan. I have a Beatles song tattooed on my foot. I'm all over the place.
I love Natalie Portman. She worked when she was younger, and she's so talented and private. She doesn't do things that are too crazy, but she pushes the envelope enough.
My relationship with my mom is so amazing. We never got to have that stage that people go through, like when you're 13 and you think you're too cool for your parents. When you're embarrassed by them and stuff. We never went through that because I was constantly working and she constantly had to be there.
Weird, but sometimes I feel more like my cartoon character than I do Lizzie because she's a little more edgy and snappy.
I started taking singing classes just two years ago. It was great. I never knew I could sing but I kind of found my voice.
I knew I wanted to act, and I was really driven, so I kept going for it. We moved to L.A. full-time when I was 8 or 9.
I also love Dido and Nelly Furtado and people who are really into their music like that. And I love Renee Zellweger.
Now my music is kind of pop-rock, right? If I'm 25 and singing still, I don't want to be singing music like that.
People talk worse about people than they talk good about people, because a lot of people like drama.
I pop gum. My parents get so annoyed with me. I know my dad wishes he never taught me how to do that.
When I'm on tour, I'm in a new city every single night, and the energy and the crowds and the kids and the screaming and them knowing every single word of my music and being onstage is such an energetic feeling with a big payoff.
I have an older sister named Haley and she wanted to be an actress. So I wanted to be an actress. It's really funny the way that some people don't give kids enough credit for like really being driven, and really wanting to do things so badly.
I love my mom. I totally look up to her, and she just doesn't let anybody take advantage of me. People might call that a stage mom.
I love men who have a lot going on in their lives, like I do.
It's not attractive when girls get superskinny. Guys don't like it. Girls don't like you as much. You lose some happiness when that's all you think about.
When I first got my record deal, I was like, 'I just want to sing,' and I never put much thought into what really goes into a record. But as I got older, I developed a passion for writing.
My mom taught me not to talk about money.
When I turned about 18 or 19, I was really ready to, like, stop being - stop being seen in this, like, perfect light.
I think ambition can be having something that you're good at and love to do.
