"I'm either going to go completely mental, completely bankrupt, or have the best success of my life."

"I wanted to be that quirky girl who writes funny songs that still have meaning."

"I grew up not really having anything, so the idea that I can take care of my family and my friends now is a really cool bonus."

"The media tried to destroy my parents and has taken things completely out of context, but there's not a whole lot you can do in terms of fighting back. You have to hope that it passes, which it always does. But they have to be careful. They didn't necessarily sign up for this."

"When ambition meets humility, we find that every step forward is a victory over stagnation."

"We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential."

"The distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort."

"When ambition meets humility, we find that shadows are only cast by the presence of light."