I never thought I would be recording on any professional level, so to be doing a rockabilly, Motown, pop soundtrack in a L.A. studio was completely bizarre and amazing.

There's been certain opportunities that have arisen that would have been financially quite advantageous but, creatively, would have steered me away from my career plan.

I have a very clear idea of what kind of career I want and the choices I need to make to get there.

Everyone should be themselves, and everybody makes mistakes, and young people who have a platform like I have, I know people who have a much bigger platform who are much more influential, who have made mistakes and learnt from them and had to do that on a public stage.

Stop doing things that waste time. Don't replace time with your family or things that you need to do. I needed to put together two fantasy teams this weekend because that's something I enjoy, but I did stop playing Nintendo Wii for hours on end.

I have spent a lot of time with foster children over the years - kids for whom I have not necessarily acted as a foster parent.

I've always wanted to be my own person. Even when I was 'Noah who rode horses,' I wanted to be Noah Cyrus, not anyone else or a family member.

In my own family, my mother had my sister when I was 15 and for various reasons, I was extremely involved in raising her.