Quotes by Demi Lovato

"One of the reasons I was so unhappy for years was because I never embraced my emotions and I was trying to stay in control."

"I feel like I'm held more accountable to stay healthy now because now I'm a role model to young girls to not have eating issues and to not say, 'Hey, it's OK to starve yourself' or 'It's OK to throw up after your meals' - that's not OK."

"Sometimes I think, 'Why couldn't I have been normal?'"

"On TV, you have wardrobe fittings, you have four cameras on you at all times, and you're worried about your angles and your lighting and your shots."

"I want to get to the point where one day I don't have to have anything but a rug and a microphone stand on stage and still be able to sell out places like Madison Square Garden, like Bruce Springsteen does."

"I want to be fearless."

"Rocker dudes don't have a lot of swagger."

"I learned that you go through things, you deal with them and that's what empowers you and ultimately makes you a happy person."

"I've come to realize your career is all about the choices you make. Every single one matters."

"Everyone has the bully or the mean girl or the ex-boyfriend who tried to bring them down."

"I believe in aliens. I think it would be way too selfish of us as mankind to believe we are the only lifeforms in the universe."

"Creativity is what helps me escape a lot of my inner demons."

"Never be ashamed of what you feel. You have the right to feel any emotion that you want, and to do what makes you happy. That's my life motto."

"I don't let anyone's insecurities, emotions, or opinions bother me. I know that if I am happy, that's all that matters to me."

"I think scars are like battle wounds - beautiful, in a way. They show what you've been through and how strong you are for coming out of it."

"I think that women who know who they are are beautiful."

"Sometimes you don't know who you can and cannot trust. I still learn that over and over again."

"I try to keep it real. I don't have time to worry about what I'm projecting to the world. I'm just busy being myself."

"No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you'll find the positive side of things."

"Music is what I love to do it's in my veins."