Selena quotes:

Music is not a very stable business. It comes and it goes, and so does money, but your education stays with you for the rest of your life. When you have that education, and you have nothing to fall back on, you can get a get a job anywhere.

Taylor [Swift] always inspires me, not just with music -- she just inspires me as a person. She's really, really sweet and just reflects beauty inside and out. If I'm going through anything Taylor can pull me out of it in five seconds.

When a child does bad things, the parents are always going to love their child even if they do something bad.

That one time I had ma Latina texture going on.. Or just.. everyday.

What's really cool about our family is that we don't hold grudges, and I think that is what's been the key to the success. We get into our little disagreements, and whether we're right or wrong, we'll go and apologize. That's just the way we are.

If you have a dream, don't let anybody take it away, and always believe that the impossible is possible.

When I am singing, I believe that if I respect the public, then they will respect me, and I know it. It's noticeable.

It's important to always say thank you to your BFF.

Anybody can be a role model, anybody can.

I feel very proud to be Mexican. I didn't have the opportunity to learn Spanish when I was a girl, but ... it's never too late to get in touch with your roots.

What I do on stage, you won't catch me doing off stage. I mean, I think deep down I'm still kind of, like, timid and modest about a lot of things. But on stage, I release all that; I let it go.

Be strong minded, and always believe that the impossible is possible.

If you try to come off as this big-time star with an attitude, people don't like that.

What I don't like are arrogant people. We're all equal. I don't like it when a person assumes to be better.

All I need to do is try and do the best that I can do.

Anywhere in the world you go, you find racism, discrimination. Not just in the United States, or in Texas. It's very sad for me, but that's the way it is. I can't change the world by myself. I, being Hispanic, have also faced discrimination. But " the world keeps turning.

Breathing in, breathing out, ain't that what it's all about. Living life crazy loud, like I have the right to.

I can't count how many pairs of Converse shoes I own.

I get so mad about ex-boyfriends, but if a boy hurts me, I don't write a song about it. They don't deserve it!

I think love is blind. You don't see it, you don't hear what people are saying, or what you're saying. You don't see what you're doing. All you see is the person in front of you. That's it.

I eat anything, and I'm not preoccupied with my figure. The most important [thing] is that the people accept me for my music, not for physical appearances.

All this is a dream to me. Everything, the applause, the fans asking for autographs, the trips, all that is a dream.

Be at your best at all times.

Being your self its all a takes if you want to be impressed someone dont be some one else just be your self

Dancing allows me to go away and not have to think of what I'm doing next. That is the opportunity for me to really escape. I like to say I have a good sense of judgment, but I know that not everybody does. The older I've gotten, the more I've learned that I have to open myself up to all opportunities. Maybe I'll get burned and not meet the right people, but I won't know until I do it.

He knew. I could see it in his face. Look, if someone gets infected you've got between ten and twenty seconds to kill them. It might be your brother or your sister or your oldest friend. It makes no difference. And just so you know where you stand - if it happens to you, I'll do it in a heartbeat.

I also don't exercise. I can't imagine exercising for two hours. Not my style.

I came to my mom and told her I wanted to do this[acting].

I don't do any crazy diets. I take vitamins and eat three times a day.

I grew up in one of the biggest high schools in the world, and that's the Disney Channel. Everybody was falling in love with each other or not liking each other, and it was exhausting and I was the shy one in the corner. And now I'm so opinionated, and I don't have time for the cattiness. I have good people around me, and I'm glad I'm at the place I'm in. I wish I was there back then.

I have nothing bad to say about my job. I love the public, I love to talk, get to know people, everything.

I like having people with me to lean on and write with and have fun with.

I love acting, and that's my passion. So I would love to do more movies and some serious things

I love Friends, so I try to bring Jennifer Aniston's mannerisms to my show.

I miss going to school and having friends; that's normal for anyone my age. I had a very boring childhood because I never had the opportunity to associate with anybody my own age due to my career. I miss being around kids my own age.

I think I'm a very kindhearted person, I don't like to hurt people's feelings. If I do, it's not intentionally and I feel a lot of people nowadays have lost that.

If you have a dream, don't let anyone take it away.

I'm from Texas, we fry everything.

I'm kind of lame. I prefer quiet evenings at home, hanging out with my family.

I'm pretty confident in who I am. I know that for parents everywhere, it's my job to be a role model, and I'm going to do the best I possibly can.

I'm spoiled in the sense that now I get what I want but it's because I work for it.

I'm the happiest I've been in a while.. So blessed and thankful for the future, for release and to finally be happy for those I loved..

I'm very real, very sincere and honest, and that's how I'll always be.

It's overwhelming ... to know there are hundreds of kids out there that look up to me. I know that's a big responsibility. I am also very confident to say that it is wonderful and I'll do my best that I can do to be the best role model I can be.

Late at night when all the world is sleeping I stay up and think of you and I wish on a star that somewhere you are thinking of me too...Cause I'm dreaming of you tonight 'Til tomorrow I'll be holding you tight! And there's nowhere in the world I'd rather be than here in my room, dreaming about you and me.

Most of my songs are about love, I am a 16 year old teenager and I sing about what is on every girls mind. Love

Now's the time to take a chance, come on we've gotta make a stand. What do we have to lose the choice is in our hands.

People are put into your life for seasons, for different reasons, and to teach you lessons.

Since I was small, when I was in school, I was a business girl. I would buy things to sell, gums for three cents, things like that.

Tejano music is a very relaxing style and it reminds me of home.

Tejano music was hard for us because I was a girl. My dad had a lot of problems while trying to set up shows for us or presentations because there are a lot of men who don't think that women can get the attention of the public. But ... wrong!

The life of an artist is not all glamorous. It's a lot of work. A lot of people think that it's very easy.

The reason I'm really appreciative of everything that's going on around me is because of the fact that I never expected it, and I want to keep that attitude.

To me, beauty is confidence. I think I'm pretty confident in the decisions and the choices I make in my personal life and career, but the same time I also let my fans know that, just like them, I have insecurities. I have moments when I don't feel good about myself. I think people can forget that, at the end of the day, I'm just a normal girl dealing with lots of the same issues as them.

We went through a hard time, and we had to turn to music as a means to putting food on the table. And we've been doing it ever since. No regrets either.

What I don't like are arrogant people. We're all equal. I don't like it when a person assumes to be better. It angers me a little. There are a lot of people like that, but the world keeps turning. I also don't like lies. I'm very honest. I'm always going to tell the truth. I don't lie. I treat my friends the way I want to be treated.

When you get hard work you get success, and we put a lot of years into it.

Who says, who says you're not perfect? Who says you're not worth it? Who says you're the only one that's hurting? Trust me, that's the price of beauty, who says you're not pretty? Who says you're not beautiful?... Who says?

With a positive attitude, you can be anything you want to be.

You get a lot farther in life without drugs.

You have to take what you could get when you're getting started.