Citater

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

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

"Don't let anyone tell you who to be."

"Girls rock just as much as boys can."

"I don't want to be no fake pop shit."

"I write about whatever's on my heart."

"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."

"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."

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

"Sometimes I feel like my guitar is my therapist"

"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"

"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 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."

"I think all I ever wanted to do was sing. I remember there was this one dude at school and he was always like, 'Just shut up, Avril!' I threatened to beat him up and he quit saying that cause he'd seen what i did to the other guys! *laughs*"

"I don't think of myself as a celebrity. I just wanna be out there, doing my music thing. If people like it then that's really cool, but that's not why I'm doing it. I'll be like all old and wrinkly someday and I'll still be rocking out!"

"Why the hell does Justin Timberlake keep hitting on me? What the fuck is that?"

"I just write about my past experiences and things that have happened to me. I'm glad other people can relate though."

"If you wanna know who I am, all you gotta do is listen to my record. I think it says a lot about me, but I hope the next one will say more."

"I'll always write songs. It's how I let it all out, ya know?"

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

"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."

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

"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!"

"In Toronto, all these guys brought me roses and gave me they're phone numbers, guys would kiss my hand. It was kinda of flattering. They'd say "oh my god, avril will you marry me, and id say "you don't know me; don't ask me to marry you, other times i'm like ok."

"Please don't make me sound like a bad person, i just don't like letting people push me around".

"I look forward to falling in love, getting married and starting a family. Right now I’m young and doing a lot of cool stuff but I can’t wait to do that."

"I don't even know what that is. There have been so many moments when I'm in the middle of an interview and i feel like im about burst into tears because i can't answer one more question."

"I don't take it personally,Some people are supportive, and others mock me and are rude, yelling out stuff. I guess it's weird for them 'cause they knew me at one point. But I don't really care, 'cause half of them are working at McDonald's anyway."

"I'm happy -- I just don't write happy songs, But I hate it when people say I'm not a true punk. I don't go around calling myself punk; I never have. That's what people need to know -- it's not me saying that, it's the media. I'm a rocker."

"When I was little, people used to always say to me, 'You're going to be famous one day.' "I don't know, I kind of always thought I would. Not in a cocky way or anything. Everyone knew me as the singer girl around town. People would say 'you're going to go somewhere with your music.' I believed in myself. I have like a huge dream. That's all I ever thought about and I think that I wanted it so much and that's why it happened."

"When I wrote complicated, i was feeling what the song talks about -- that there are tons of people in the world who are fake, who are two faced."

"My Mom wouldn't even let me sing (The country Song) 'Strawberry wine' because it said 'wine' in it and i was this little kid, She protected my image. And thats not the only reason i don't dance around like a ho onstage, but it definitely has something to do with being brought up with tons of morals. And I'm not saying i'll never write a song with a curse word, because there's definitely been times when it's like 'aww, man "F**k " would sound so good there!' But then i think about my mom and how it would probably hurt her, so i just say 'Frig' instead."

"My dream was always to hop up onstage infront of my fans every night and perform, That's what all of this was supposed to be about."

"I might look like a tough chick - and I am - but I'm also a hopeless romantic inside."

"I liked being a minor because you can't get into trouble. Now I just have to try and behave myself."

"Yeah I used to skateboard when I was in grade 11 and I still would if you know I wasn't on the road right now."

"I would describe myself as Avril Lavigne to someone if they asked me to describe myself cause the thing i hate about this, being in my situation, is that you get labelled you know, i've been labelled as Avril Lavigne "Sk8er Chick!"