"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 don't want to be no fake pop shit." - on not wanting to be...well, fake pop shit

"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 dont 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 like skater clothes, baggy pants and wifebeater tees that say 'boybeater' on them."

"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 am the stubble queen!"

"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."

"Check out the lead singer! He's adorable! The funny thing is, we kind of look alike." - on her favorite band, Hanson

"Hey dudes, I'm young, I'm single, I'm allowed to have some fun!"

"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 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?"

"Brandy had a baby? When did that happen? Isn't she like 16?"

"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?"

"Everyone is winners, even those who aren't nominated" - talking about the European Music Awards

Quotes from 4 Music / 4 Play (submitted by cheer0884@aol.com)
"A lot of my songs are just true and honest and it's kinda re-freshing to some people cause it's not all like.... (laughs) "Oh Baby" this and "Oh Baby" that and it's you know kinda means a bit more to some people."

"Everybody knew back home, everybody knew me as like (quotes with fingers) "The singer girl" "Oh yeah the girl that sings!" I'm like "Yeah I'm her!"

"I'd say that my inspiration for music came from church because... that's you know I grew up going to church all the time and heard music and I sang my first solo at church, sang at all the Christmas concerts and um... that's kinda where I got my start and that's you know where my roots come from and I started writing aswell when I was 12, taught myself how to play guitar when I was 12"

"I wasn't even educated on what a you know a record deal was, all I knew was that you know if I sang for this guy and if he liked me that would make me be able to get... (giggles) make me to be able to create a record and that's all I wanted, I wanted my CD, I wanted to have a CD and... so, it happend really fast"

"'Complicated' is bout people being fake, two-faced, not being themselves, kinda you know bout that guy who, i've totally experienced this before um... with a couple of different guys, where you know like you get along with him and he's really cool and acts really into you and everything's great and then when he's with his friends, he treats you... different!"

"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!"

"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"

"Yeah it's to that point now where it's... I can't go out shopping you know like the mall or whatever um... the last two times that I went i'm all like "I'll be fine! I'll be fine!" whatever and I went just like this (no disguise) and um... didn't really get any shopping done, but it happeneds right, you know so... I'm not complaining. It's just, it's a little weird, something I have to get use to... you know next time i'll just like put my hair up and wear a hat or something" (giggles)

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

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

"It would be cool to win one but even if i don't its fine, i can still walk around for the rest of my life, like, once i got nominated for a grammy"(On being nominated for a grammy)

"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"

"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"

(on when she pronounced david bowies name wrong at the grammy's) "Did people think that was bad?, whats the big deal, i was born in 1984--why would i know who he is? my parents didn't bring me up listening to him.Besides, people mispronounce my name all the time"

"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"

"Arista was drop-dead shit afraid that i would come out with a whole album that sounded like 'Unwanted' and 'losing grip'.i swear they wanted to drop me or something.i don't feel like 'complicated' represents me and my ability.But without 'complicated', i bet you anything i wouldn't have even sold a million records .The songs i did with the matrix,yeah, they were good for my first record, but i don't want to be that pop anymore"

"i still feel like a kid, even though i take care of myself, i freak out sometimes when its, like, lawyers ,papers. i'm just like 'mom!'"

(About her moms rules) " i wasn't allowed to have a guy in my room, especially not with the door shut. And she wouldn't let me call guys , They had to call me. I have that attitude now-- that if a guy wants to hook up with me, he can come after me.I'm not going running after him.That's a good way to bring up your kid, because if you let your kid do everything-- go to parties, get trashed really young and get out of control-- she's gonna be taken advantage of, and she won't be taught that having sex with a ton of boys is a bad thing. I do alot of things that are very rebellious , but it's not like i'm sniffing coke or doing dirty stuff"

" I need a guy who's sensitive , i need a guy with edge. And most importantly, a guy has to give me lots of attention and hug me all the time"

" I was this guys girlfriend and he didn't even treat me like it, if he sat there with his arm around me, it was just because i was his chick, it wasn't like 'oh baby i love you'"

"It's important when you have a boyfriend to go over to the house and bond with the parents, i was really polite to them. I had dinner with them at the table, and i had my manners, like, 'can i help you with anything?can i wash the dishes' but they didn't want me with their boy. I guess they thought i was a bit wild for him. And i was so hurt by that"

" Basically, right now, my only friends are my band, which i guess is kinda sad, but that's the way it is right now.Pretty much this is everyone in my life"

"i need new clothes because im sick of all of mine"

"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."

"It's not like teen pop music, I mean, I'm young, but it's not bubblegum pop -- it's different. I write my own stuff, and I'm straightforward and completely myself. People see me as a normal kid, whereas everyone else is such a beauty queen. Most of the popular stuff is kind of contrived."

"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."

"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 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"(On Avrils Breakdown fears)

"I'm a businesswoman and this is a very slimy business. Everything's about money, money, money"

"i look forward to falling in love, getting married and starting a family. Right now Im young and doing a lot of cool stuff but I cant wait to do that."

( On the war with iraq)"I don't believe war is a way to solve problems. I think it's wrong, I don't have respect for the people that made the decisions to go on with war. I don't have that much respect for (U.S. President George) Bush. He's about war, I'm not about war -- a lot of people aren't about war.I know there's issues in Iraq. I'm not really a political person. It's hard for me to talk about the war. I don't really know what to say but I can say that I'm really proud that our Prime Minister didn't ... fight, backed out from it"

(On the track 'knocking on heavens door' that avril is doing for the warchild album) "I was honoured to be able to be on that CD, do whatever I could with what I do to help out children who'd been affected by the war. It's a horrible thing,It was, like, one of the first ones I learned on the guitar when I was little. It just brings back memories of being young and loving music, just being a child. It's a peaceful song to me. I really like it."

(On the critisicm she's gotten)"That's what happens when someone gets really big,Then everyone just tries to bring them down. Second of all, I never, ever claimed to be punk, thank you. The media labelled me as punk. That was because I was a little teenage girl who came out and wasn't the typical pop bubblegum little act. So everyone just like decided to label me punk because I was different and I had more of edge. OK, I'm not made up. I write my own songs. I've been doing music my whole life. I buy my own clothes. I say what I want. I make my own decisions. People don't tell me what to do. They don't tell me where to go. I do what I want to do. That's bullshit!"

( From Part of an interview, when the interviewer asked if she was anti-britney) Avril: "Anti-Britney is a very mean thing to say. Think of how she feels when people say it. i have said some things about her. I have heard she is a really cool and nice person even though I'm not into the whole sex thing. When I have only had 40 minutes of sleep I think of Britney and how she has been everywhere for a very long time.
Interviewer: "It sounds as if you admire her."
Avril: "I would not say admire her but I respect her. She has had to go through a public breakup with a world famous boyfriend and she has no personal life. She must be a very strong woman."

"Please don't make me sound like a bad person, i just don't like letting people push me around"(After telling the interviewer she gets into fights)

(on what songs she used to sing) "I sang mostly dixie chick songs,when you're out in the country that's all people want to hear"

"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"

"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!"