The last thing a young woman needs is another picture of a sexy pop star writhing in sand, covered in grease, touching herself.

I'm confident in who I am. I've come to a place in my life where I've accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That's just the way I've always tried to be. It didn't change when I became a star.

Some people are just born stars – you either have it or you haven’t, and I was definitely born one.

I’m going to be a star, you know why? Because I have nothing left to lose.

O, say does that star-spangled flag of pride yet wave? O'er the land of the free, and the home for the gay!