Ashlee Simpson Quotes

"This business looks glamorous and fun, but it`s so much work. There are moments when you are like, `Oh my God, all this work has paid off and it`s so cool.`"

"I would sing behind closed doors growing up. Jessica was so good and it made me shy about my own voice. But, I don`t hide my singing - not anymore. I sing punk music actually. I love to run around and scream and rock out and play guitar."

"`Autobiography` is basically a response to people assuming I`m a Jessica clone. It`s like, `If you wanna know me, just ask me!"

I`ve always been a rocker. Like ever since I was really young. I had a crush on the Green Day guys. That`s always been what I was like and been my interest. Then I was in a punk band for a while and we broke up."

"I`ve always loved rock music. I went to ballet school and had orange hair. I`ve always been out there."

"I`ve never looked at myself and thought "Oh yeah, I`m sexy". I`ve felt sexy and confident, but I don`t look at myself that way"

"No matter what people say, your fans are the ones that come to watch the movie or come to your shows and that`s the most important thing."

I think shoes say a lot about a person. Growing up, in the front shoe closet of my house, half of it would be full of Jessica`s high heels and half would be full of my mismatched Converse. I think if I had first walked into the studio wearing high heels people wouldn`t have taken me seriously at all. I walked in wearing my Cons and they knew, `this girl is here to rock.`

"I like to do chill things on dates. I think it would be fun to go to the zoo. I know it`s really weird and random, but I love animals. It`d be like a day of doing silly things, while enjoying nature."

"I never worry about looking cool in front of a guy. I have never been a self-conscious girl. Goofing around is part of being comfortable with yourself. I`ve always been good at meeting new people. I just say, `Hi, how you doing?` and soon we`ll end up laughing about something."

I think shoes say a lot about a person. Growing up, in the front shoe closet of my house, half of it would be full of Jessica`s high heels and half would be full of my mismatched Converse. I think if I had first walked into the studio wearing high heels people wouldn`t have taken me seriously at all. I walked in wearing my Cons and they knew, `this girl is here to rock.`

The first show I did, I was so nervous I tripped during my first song!

I think that if you love something so much you have to do it. I love music so much, there was no choice.

Because of my family, I was very driven and I really wanted to be where I am today.

This business looks glamorous and fun, but it`s so much work. There are moments when you are like, `Oh my God, all this work has paid off and it`s so cool.`

Image is something that people think too much about. When it comes to style and clothes, it`s about feeling confident in what you`re wearing.

I knew that if I wanted to do a sappy ballad album I could, but it wouldn`t be me. It would be so awkward.

I threw away my phone