I’m not trying to sound pretentious, but we did sell 12 million records on the first album, so we did get paid a little bit.
I didn’t put out this album because I wanted everybody to know I was grown up. I’m 21 and that’s not grown up.
In creating music you are the writer, the director, the producer, you create it from scratch. Obviously in playing a role in a film, you take guidance and put your trust into the director. You come into it and you really trust people.
My favorite thing in the world was to make people sing – until I made people laugh. Then that became my favorite thing in the world.
Teen pop will never die as long as there are teens and popular music. It just takes a different head.
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.
Being the Queen is not all about singing, and being a diva is not all about singing. It has much to do with your service to people. And your social contributions to your community and your civic contributions as well.