Punk Princess

"I wrote about what I was going through at the time." - on the inspiration for her songs

"I don't really care if my clothes are wrinkled or there's a stain on my shirt. Going out on the road, your clothes are dirty." - on her style

"I don't want to be like Britney. That's her thing and I'm doing my own thing too." - on Britney

"I'm not into gloss and glamour. It's soooo fake." - on gloss and glamour

"If anybody tries to kiss my butt...I'll just tell them, 'Shut the hell up.'" - if people start trying to kiss her butt

"Nick Carter wanted me to sing on his album but, you know, it's not really my thing. I'm not putting myself in the teen pop type of box." - on Nick Carter asking her to sing on his album

"If you don't like who I am, then you don't like you I am. But all you're gonna get, is who I am."

"im gonna dress whats me, im gonna act whats me, and im gonna sing whats me"

I won't change anything because I think the most important thing is being yourself and that's what I'm going to continue to do."

"I write about whatever's on my heart" - On what inspires her

"I dress cool and I look hot, so if you don’t like it - suck it. Haha!"

" I could be Britney, I could be BETTER than Britney. And if I were selling my body, I would wear that stuff but I'm selling my music."

"I'm not a bitch or anything, but I can be a bitch. People want me to look all pretty and sexy for pictures, and it's just not my thing."

"Screw that, I'm not gonna wear those trashy clothes!"

"I'm a person with a ton of energy who likes to scream and party and rock out. And there are other sides of me that are real serious."

"I always go with my gut and stand up for what I believe in. I'm a fighter. I fight for what I want."

"School teaches you what to do with the rest of your life... I already knew."

"Even before, I knew what, like, a record was, I knew I was going to make one."

"If I become hugely famous, I don't want to get a friggin' ego. I'd Hope the people around me would kick my butt if I did!"

"I never see my family anymore."

"Many people ask weird questions. And some of them are really personal too."

"Evan's my bro. I'm like his little sister."

"I am so busy - I never get to eat."

"I'm not worried about what other people say. I'm just going to be myself. I'm not going to try to pretend I'm someone else. I'm not a bad person. I like to have fun and I like to be myself. Hopefully, people will see that."

"Sometimes I feel like my guitar is my therapist"

"I've definitely grown a lot in that whole period - especially as a person."

"It's not Ahh-vril. It's Avril!"

"I definitely have a rock star lifestyle."

"I'm a rock chick at heart."

"I think because I was brought up in a Christian home I was kind of careful not to swear in my lyrics."

"I felt kind of guilty when I'd go to swear because I felt I would be disappointing my parents."

''Girls seem to be more sensitive, right? That might help you write better. Guys like to hide their feelings.One thing being a woman that I don't do, though, is sell my body.I want people to respect me, and I don't go around shaking it or wearing a push-up bra.''

"How would I describe my music? I would describe my music as... Avril Lavigne."

"When I was younger, my mom put me in a cute little pink dress with frillies for my first day back to school. I hated it!"

"Be yourself and fuck whatever anyone else thinks."

"I'm not going to be pushed around and told what to do"

"When I get really upset, I go to my guitar, I feel like it's my therapist."

"School gave me an inferiority complex, I never did my work, was always talking, and failed all my test because I didn't try. I would be throwing M&Ms and the English teacher would say, 'Stop that or I'm going to make you leave the room.' And I'd be like, Thats what I want. So I'd keep throwing them, get kicked out, and grab my skateboard and go skate."

"I was a little badass."

"Girls are strange. They have groups and don't want to let anyone else in. I've had a hard time getting along with girls because of that."

"I'm a chick with edge. I like to rock out, have fun, and cause trouble. What you see is totally what I am. I haven't let anyone mold me."

"I'm a fighter, I may be small but I'm tough."

"I used to get in fights with guys and kick the crap out of them, My parents were worried about me because I was so small and skinny. But the boys' moms were like 'Go, Avril, go!' It was awesome."

"So like where did this thing about me hating Kelly Osbourne and her hating me come from? I've met [her], yeah. We hung out for a little while backstage and she's pretty nice. I'm not really like into her music but she's a nice person."

"I'm a hopeless romantic; If i pass a store with wedding dresses, i freak out.i have my dress picked out in my head. it's gonna be really poufy, and around the stomach it will be tight. I think i want my back to show.And i want one of those things on my head that the guy has to lift when he goes to kiss you.Oh my god, i can't wait.I have so much to look forward to--falling in love, getting married, having a house and a family. But that's in a while.I'm only 17"

( on what she does with her band) "I'll put mascara and lipstick on them or add a little cover-up to their zits"

"I won't wear skanky clothes that show my booty, my belly or my boobs.If i were selling my body, i would wear that stuff, but i'm selling my music"

"One day when I was at a hotel, I saw this old man with this umbrella, and he looked like a normal pedestrian, and I asked him for the time, and then he goes"AAvril???" and i'm like noooooo?!?and i was like do do luh duh luh{the sound of running}, and I was like running off." (From Anything But Ordinary Show on Fox Family Channel)

"Working in the studio is the most amazing experience, it just feels like home, it just feels like the right place, I love being in the booth!"

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