Zitat des Tages von Demi Lovato:
I was compulsively overeating when I was eight years old.
I get mad. I get sad. I have all those emotions. But I just like to keep them to myself. I don't think my fans need to be bothered with if I'm mad or sad about something. I should just be concerned that they are keeping up with my music or I'm making them happy with my show.
I think that women who know who they are are beautiful.
Rocker dudes don't have a lot of swagger.
Being a celebrity can be dangerous. Nobody says 'no.'
Some of my fans have said that because I've been able to speak about my issues, that they're not afraid to speak about theirs, which is an amazing feeling.
I pray every night before I go to sleep and every morning when I wake up.
I don't let anyone's insecurities, emotions, or opinions bother me. I know that if I am happy, that's all that matters to me.
Recovery is something that you have to work on every single day and it's something that it doesn't get a day off.
Where I am today... I still have my ups and downs, but I take it one day at a time and I just hope that I can be the best that I can possibly be, not only for myself, but also young people that are out there today that need someone to look up to.
I love life on the road. I'm in a different city every night and it never gets old.
I think I've definitely had my rock bottom and I think that was probably right before I went into treatment where I said, 'I definitely need help.'
No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you'll find the positive side of things.
I know that I have a voice and can use it for good or bad. It's a gift from God.
Sometimes you don't know who you can and cannot trust. I still learn that over and over again.
Never be ashamed of what you feel. You have the right to feel any emotion that you want, and to do what makes you happy. That's my life motto.
My sisters and my mom, those people help me get through every single day.
I still had a normal childhood with my friends from school.
I don't think there's going to be a day when I don't think about food or my body, but I'm living with it, and I wish I could tell young girls to find their safe place and stay with it.
Sometimes I think, 'Why couldn't I have been normal?'
If I'm able to use my voice to do good in the world then I definitely want to do that.
Creativity is what helps me escape a lot of my inner demons.
Everyone has the bully or the mean girl or the ex-boyfriend who tried to bring them down.
After hundreds of auditions and nothing, you're sitting home and wondering, 'What am I doing?'
My stepdad provided me with an amazing childhood. I played outside like a normal kid, I rode my bike, I walked to school, but the happiest times were when I was acting.
It's a big responsibility dating me. Because I come with a little bit of baggage, you know?
I want to be fearless.
I never thought that I'd be a role model. Everyone kind of just made me a role model, and I hated that.
I believe in aliens. I think it would be way too selfish of us as mankind to believe we are the only lifeforms in the universe.
I never found out until I went into treatment that I was bipolar.
After so long being thin, it was terrifying being heavier. But I am a naturally curvy Hispanic girl. I don't deprive myself.
I've come to realize your career is all about the choices you make. Every single one matters.
I feel like I'm held more accountable to stay healthy now because now I'm a role model to young girls to not have eating issues and to not say, 'Hey, it's OK to starve yourself' or 'It's OK to throw up after your meals' - that's not OK.
I'm honest about the journey I've been on, so I definitely don't take dating lightly anymore.
I learned that you go through things, you deal with them and that's what empowers you and ultimately makes you a happy person.
I think scars are like battle wounds - beautiful, in a way. They show what you've been through and how strong you are for coming out of it.