Quotes from Megan McKenna

My dream is to become a world wide country star.

I used to think if I didn't have a drink it was going to be a rubbish night, so I'd drink purely to get drunk.

I was nobody in Nashville and I was thankful for that. I had to get by on my talent.

No one wants to be a rake, it's not attractive. Boys like a bum. Even I've got a bit of a bum.

The way I dealt with things in the past with my exes was by screaming and that was not a good way to deal with it.

I've had therapy, because as much as I have people around me to talk to, speaking to someone I don't really know just helps me to deal with emotions and put things in the right place.

It is, writing music is like therapy for me, it's like writing everything down in a diary. It's my way of getting all my emotions and feelings out on paper.

I just really wanted to be taken seriously in my music and I feel like I've done the reality shows and I've loved it, but sometimes you just need to pull away and take time for yourself.

But being on those reality shows before, don't get me wrong, it gave me a good platform... but not for my music. It's actually made it harder for me to be taken seriously.

And I think coming off of reality shows, people have a perception of me and they judge me on shows I've done and it's really difficult to be taken seriously.

I want people to see that I'm not just about reality TV - music is what I've always wanted to do.

For years I'd wanted a boob job but I've realized that, actually, I like them small.

When you've been through a messed up relationship and they've affected you in the head, it affects you in the future.

I don't want to release anything unless it's amazing.

I'm a huge fan of the Pussycat Dolls, I always have been.

I feel like my life was meant to happen - I was meant to go on this crazy rollercoaster and now I'm releasing pop music, which is what I've always wanted to do.

I was really ill growing up as my body was rejecting everything.

I was obsessed with my lips and used to think, 'They're not big enough!' Looking, back, I'm totally embarrassed. I'd lost sight of what a normal face looked like.

My dream is to get signed.

I have grown up a lot over the years and now I can laugh about the silly mistakes I made on TV.

I hate the gym, working out in front of people makes me feel really insecure.

Instagram is kind of a big lie at the end of the day.

I know all this Instagram thing, looking online and wanting to look like other people, I was doing that massively. You lose yourself a bit.

I was going to a lot of auditions and doing interviews, and afterwards the comments were always about my lips.