I was signed by L.A. Reid on Arista Records when I was 16. He understood me and believed in me. Arista folded and I got put on RCA or whatever, then there were new people there, and every six months it changes and more new people come in.

Avril Lavigne

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I don't fight. I don't believe in it.

Avril Lavigne

fighting motivational believe

I'm the best damn thing that your eyes have ever seen

Avril Lavigne

damn-things damn eye

Why should i care? Cause you werent there when i was scared. I was so alone.

Avril Lavigne

care causes should

I lost my voice for the first time. I was so bummed out, but it happens to every singer at some point in their career. I don't think most people understand, but I sing every night and sometimes we do five shows in a row, which is really bad for your voice.

Avril Lavigne

careers night thinking

On my first album I was wearing a lot of guys pants, baggy clothes and stuff like that. I was 17 and I was a little tomboy. And you would never see me wearing a dress or heels on my first record.

Avril Lavigne

clothes guy motivational

It's been really fun to see with each album when I change to see the fans of the show emulate my style and with the first record a lot of the kids in the crowd were wearing neck ties like I was and now you'll see a lot of girls with pink hair. It's cool, it's actually really neat.

Avril Lavigne

girl fun kids

The mall tour was right off of my second record, before it came out. It was very different. I did an acoustic performance every day in a different mall! One interesting thing I remember is playing "My Happy Ending" a lot, and that song was so new that I remember getting emotional when I would play it.

Avril Lavigne

emotional song interesting

All I want is to mess around, and I don't really care about, if you love me, if you hate me, you can't save me, baby baby, all my life I've been good

Avril Lavigne

care hate baby

It's easiest to write songs when I'm either really in love or really mad at a guy. It's just always best when I'm feeling superemotional.

Avril Lavigne

mad writing song

I'm all about kind of preserving hair and face, conditioning products and staying out of the sun.

Avril Lavigne

faces sun hair

There were definitely times I couldn't shower for a full week because I could barely stand, it felt like having all your life sucked out of you.

Avril Lavigne

week showers life

Whatever people say I am, I'm not.

Avril Lavigne

people

My dream was always to hop up on stage in front of my fans every night and perform.

Avril Lavigne

fans dream night

You can't kick me down, I'm already on the ground. No, you can't, but you couldn't catch me anyhow.Blue skies, but the sun isn't comming out, no. Today, it is like I'm under a heavy cloud." Avril Lavigne (Runaway)

Avril Lavigne

sky blue clouds

Whatever. Everyone mispronounces my name. And, like, David Bowie was big before I was born, right?

Avril Lavigne

born bigs names

I'm gonna live today like this is my last day.. :)

Avril Lavigne

live-for-today lasts today

I'm very comfortable with how I look. I always have been. I think I look pretty good. There's nothing I want to change. I'm pretty happy with what I've got.

Avril Lavigne

motivational looks thinking

To understand me, you have to meet me...

Avril Lavigne

understand-me

You're not alone Together we stand I'll be by your side, you know I'll take your hand When it gets cold And it feels like the end There's no place to go You know I won't give in

Avril Lavigne

your-side giving hands

I love being in the studio. It's really great. I like it a lot. But of course, I like performing more. But when I'm in the studio mode, it's cool. I like to really focus on it.

Avril Lavigne

performing focus love-is