Avril Lavigne
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"Avril Ramona Lavigne" is a French Canadian/French-Canadian singer and songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, and spent most of her youth in the town of Greater Napanee/Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more than $2 million. In 2002, when she was 17 years old, Lavigne entered the music industry with her debut album Let Go (Avril Lavigne album)/Let Go, becoming one of the most popular pop punk artists, a reason she earned her reputation of a 'skater punk' persona and "Honorific nicknames in popular music/pop punk princess". Since her professional debut she has sold more than 30 million albums and over 50 million singles worldwide.

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I'm the kind of person who always likes to be doing something.

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

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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 Bush. He's about war, I'm not about war - a lot of people aren't about war.

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I don't want to be compared to britney,ashlee,hilary or lindsay. i want to be compared to me.

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People are like, 'Well, she doesn't know the Sex Pistols.' Why would I know that stuff? Look how young I am. That stuff's old, right?

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I'm just coming out and I'm going to clearly be myself - I write what I feel, I never worry what others think.

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

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Life is like a roller coaster, live it, be happy, enjoy life.

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You're who you are and if people don't like who you are, all they're going to get is who you are.

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To understand me, you have to meet me and be around me. And then only if I'm in a good mood - don't meet me in a bad mood.

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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.

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