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Avril Lavigne should be
worrying about college
admissions and whether daddy
will buy her a car. Instead,
this
choirgirl-turned-skateboarding-siren
is in the charts with her
sassy debut Let Go.
VH1 asked the 17-year-old
Napanee, Ontario native how
it all happened and part of
the answer revealed why the
singer's butt-crack is her
fashion trademark.
VH1: When people your age
start a band they’re
normally not thinking about
getting a record deal.
Avril Lavigne: When I
was two my mom said she knew
I was going to be a singer.
I’ve been performing ever
since I was a young kid. So
I’ve known I wanted to do
this for a while. I always
knew in my heart that I’d be
doing this.
VH1: How long did it take to
make Let Go?
Lavigne: About a year. I
worked with a whole bunch of
different songwriters and
producers and wrote a ton of
songs. It was a time of
finding myself musically,
discovering people I could
connect with and what sound
I wanted to go with. It was
a struggle in the beginning,
but all the hard work paid
off. I’m happy with how the
record turned out.
VH1: Where do you find your
inspiration for your songs?
Do you keep a journal?
Lavigne: No. I write
them on the spot. I sit down
with a guitar player and if
there’s a situation I feel
strongly about, or a guy
that I’ve been thinking
about or if I’m pissed off
with a guy, it comes out.
VH1: Was there anybody who
inspired you to become the
kind of songwriter you are?
Lavigne: I picked music
up on my own. I didn’t
really listen to other
people’s CDs until I was
finishing grade school. I
started singing in church,
so I got my inspiration from
the music there. It wasn’t
like I heard a band and
thought, “Oh, I’m going to
do this.” I just love music.
As I got older I started
listening to Faith Hill and
the Dixie Chicks. Now I
listen to a lot of rock and
punk. My dad had a guitar
around the house. When I was
12 I picked it up and slowly
taught myself how to play. I
was always singing, so I
started writing lines here
and there and that led to
writing songs.
VH1: You’re a big
skateboarder, but Let Go
doesn’t sound like
skateboarding music. If
someone saw you onstage,
they might think you’d sound
more like Linkin Park.
Lavigne: The album has
some hard tracks like
“Losing Grip,” “Unwanted”
and the next single “Sk8r
Boy,” which is more of a
pop/punk song. The album
really shows different sides
of me. I like to listen to
punk music, and I have other
sides that are emotional and
deep and really sensitive.
They all come out in my
music.
VH1: What was going on in
your head when you wrote the
single “Complicated”?
Lavigne: I was fed up
with people being two-faced
and phony. It can be a
boyfriend or a friend or
people you work with. So
many people act like they’re
somebody else. Sometimes
when I’m with a guy alone,
you’ll look into each
other’s eyes and
everything’s awesome. Then,
when you’re around his
friends, he treats you like
crap. That’s what that
song’s about: People being
fake. I hate that so much.
VH1: How was it making the
video?
Lavigne: Making the
video was an awesome
experience. But when we had
our lunch break, they made
this guy follow me around to
make sure I didn’t leave the
property. I said, “Why are
you following me?” He said,
“I have to take care of you,
it’s my job.” So I was like,
“Heh heh! I’m going to mess
with this guy!” I took off
and sprinted, saying, “Try
to catch me now!” I hid from
him. He probably got into
trouble because he lost
contact with me. That would
have been funny if he got
fired! I don’t like having
people follow me around and
baby-sit me.
VH1: What was the most
surprising thing to you
about the music industry?
Lavigne: I didn’t know
there was so much politics
involved. I’m a total
businesswoman now. I have to
make huge decisions that
affect my career and my
life. I’m only 17 and I’ve
got to be really
responsible. I don’t like
the business side of things.
Sometimes I get fed up and
feel like saying, “I just
want to play and share my
music and not be involved in
this whole business side.”
But I have to remember that
it’s really important. I
think I have a good head on
my shoulders. I can handle
it. The other funny thing is
that people have to run out
and get us food. We don’t
have time. It’s fun in a
way. You stress and
everything’s rush, rush,
rush, then all of a sudden
you realize your blood sugar
level is going down. You’re
like, “I need food,” and
someone gets it for you. So
that’s awesome. At the video
shoot, if anyone said, “I’m
thirsty” six people ran over
to you with water instantly!
That was awesome.
VH1: Performing and
promoting can be really hard
on the body.
Lavigne: I’m going to
lose so much weight. You
don’t have time to eat. My
pants were falling off at
the MuchMusic video awards.
The day after the rewards,
there was a poll on
MuchMusic’s Web site where
you could vote for the
funniest thing at the awards
ceremony and one of them was
“Avril Lavigne’s butt
cleavage.” It was funny. I
don’t care. My butt-crack
showing is like my
trademark. I wear
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