Jamie Lynn Spears: I had a girls' writing retreat at my condo and a bu...

I would like to be like Britney, but maybe better. But I don't wanna outshine her.

Jamie Lynn Spears

It was a scary decision to let cameras into my life, but if I was going to do it, I just wanted to be really honest and kind of introduce myself as an adult. I think the world met me as a young girl, and they still associate me with who I was when I was 13, they still don't understand how over the last eight years what has happened and who I've become.

Jamie Lynn Spears

eight girl thinking

Whenever I started writing music, it just naturally led itself there. As I started to tell my story, it's where my home was. It's just a very natural choice.

Jamie Lynn Spears

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I'm still the same artist; it's just different sides of me. I'm learning to be a little bit more confident in myself and I think that's something that all of us girls struggle with. It's really about defining your confidence.

Jamie Lynn Spears

girl artist struggle

All I can do is be my best - there will always be people who will never like me.

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like-me can-do people

Obviously, my daughter keeps me motivated, but I've got a really great support system. Having my husband and my mother and my family really support me, so that I can not only provide for my daughter, but I can set up a future that creates a better life for her.

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I hope that they learn who I am today and embrace that as well. I think that's the biggest thing of really introducing myself to them. Hopefully that creates a stronger connection with the fans that I already have and hopefully helps me make some new fans.

Jamie Lynn Spears

stronger who-i-am thinking

I grew up in Louisiana and I think people get it confused. They assume that I lived in California or that's where I'm from. I worked there, but I didn't live there.

Jamie Lynn Spears

california confused thinking

I think sometimes I forget that I'm 25, and I can have fun, and be flirty, and be confident, but still be completely in control. All of my new songs are empowering, but at the same time they're fun. I think that's important for women. You don't have to take yourself so seriously all the time.

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flirty song fun

I'm more honest in my lyrics than I am in anything else. It's where I feel the most safe to express myself. I write about growing up, my family, Maddie and getting pregnant. If I've lived it, why wouldn't I talk about it? I guess that's been the coolest thing - realizing that it's OK to just be myself and really tell my story.

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I had a perfect pregnancy and a perfect delivery. I was very blessed.

Jamie Lynn Spears

blessed perfect pregnancy

I'm so blessed to be able to work with some of the best writers out there, and it's kind of like college with me sitting in a room with some of the best of the best and really taking it in and learning from them, but then also taking time to sit and tell them my stories - it's one of the biggest blessings that could have ever happened.

Jamie Lynn Spears

college blessed blessing

I think if I could ever write with someone, I'd love to write a song with Loretta Lynn or Dolly Parton.

Jamie Lynn Spears

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I think it was important for me to introduce myself as an artist for the first time because I'm very proud of my past, it's all a part of my story, but this is who I am now. This was a really important thing to have an hour special that lets them in and kind of meet me for the first time, truthfully.

Jamie Lynn Spears

artist past thinking

I eat ranch dressing with my pizza; I dip it in the ranch. It is so good! I know, I am really weird .

Jamie Lynn Spears

dip dressings really-weird

I'll probably do a lot of acting first, then go to singing. but I am going to definitely sing someday. So when I do start singing, buy my album!

Jamie Lynn Spears

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Last year was my first time releasing an EP, and that was a whirlwind, i didn’t really know what to expect, and I was really pleased with the way everything went as far as doing that my first time independently. But this year, it’s kind of time to say, ‘Okay, you’ve been through the first round of understanding the whole process,’ and give me some time to think about what I want to say with my next project. That’s what I’m doing right now. I’ve been in Nashville writing a good bit, but I’m also digging through my catalog, digging through some old songs and just trying to figure out what my next message is gonna be.

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Last year was a big year of just me on the road, promoting my EP and doing that, and I kind of got away from the writing, the creating music process, which for the first five years before that I was always tuned in to writing, and really being connected to the process of that, and when I went back in to write, it was kind of nerve-wracking. It’s so bizarre, whenever you come back in. It’s a vulnerable process, and it was kind of nerve-wracking, but I feel like I’m getting back in the groove of it.

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I never want to get way from that again, no matter what I’m doing, I want to always create music and really take time for that. It’s nice and it’s fresh to take a break sometimes, but having those times where you really can just sit there and write in each phase of your life is really important.

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I love babies, and I have my nephews that I love. I have a great mom and she has raised three kids, so if I take lessons from her, I think I'll be great. All my friends have little brothers or sisters.

Jamie Lynn Spears

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