Avril Lavigne
Avril Lavigne
Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actress. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, and spent most of her youth in the town of Greater 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, becoming one of the most...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth27 September 1984
CityBelleville, Canada
CountryCanada
I might look like a tough chick - and I am - but I`m also a hopeless romantic inside.
I pulled the burden from off my back and tossed it into the wind. And stretched my arms toward the sky and let my life begin.
It's important to be thankful, even if you're poor. I mean, come on, we all have clean water—well OK, not people in the developing world.
Why do you have to go and make Things so complicated...
My mom made me go to a Britney Spears concert when I was young. And I was like, 'No, I don't want to!' she was like, 'You're going to be a performer, you need to see other people.'
I thought you'd have the decency to change. But babe, I guess you didn't take that warning, cause I'm not about to look at your face again.
Just because you're famous doesn't mean you're something special and you're above other people.
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.
Some chick came up to me and said something, so I kicked her in the box and shoved her.
If you're trying to turn me into something else, it's easy to see I'm not down with that
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.
Fame is a big joke. Stars need to stop taking themselves so seriously.
I can be very shy...but when I'm around people I know, I can be extremely loud.
It's so easy for me to do a boy-bashing pop song, but to sit down and write honestly about something that's really close to me, something I've been through, it's a totally different thing.