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Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne

Date: Jul 01 2002

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Avril Lavigne is young. She’s beautiful. She has a great voice. She writes her own songs. Her songs are good! What could be better?
I’m a big fan of Avril Lavigne. She’s a wild child. She’s a skater-punk. She’s an outrageous personality. She’s totally different than the other young pop stars, like Christina Aguilera, Mandy Moore and Britney Spears. At 17 years old, she’s anything but ordinary
Read on to learn more about Avril and her hit song “Complicated.”

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Avril started wowing people with her voice and personality when she was 2 years old. She hasn’t stopped since. “I’m just coming out and I’m going to clearly be myself. I write what I feel. I never worry what others think, ” Avril avows. “I’m gonna dress what’s me, I’m gonna act what’s me and I’m gonna sing what’s me.”
Her debut CD, Let Go, features the hit song “Complicated.”
Check out some of the lyrics:
Tell me
Why you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you’re acting like you’re somebody else
gets me frustrated
Life’s like this you
And you fall and you crawl and you break
and you take what you get
and you turn it into honesty
and promise me I’m never gonna find you fake it
no no no

The song is about people who are fake. Avril doesn’t like people who try to be something they’re not. She wants people to be honest and true to themselves.

 

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Discussion

Like Avril, I like people who are honest and true to themselves. Many of today’s pop stars are more focused on being famous than making great music. Avril is a breath of fresh air. She knows who she wants to be, but she’s not willing to sacrifice herself to become a star.
“I always knew this was what I had to do,” she says. “I remember when I was really young, standing on my bed like it was a stage, singing at the top of my lungs and visualizing thousands of people surrounding me.”
Have you heard Avril Lavigne? Do you like her music? Come to the Music Mix message board and let us know!
Rock on,
Migs

 

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Mc.Camilla

Mc.Camilla

United States

u will find her in www.ccxingxing.com

05:50 AM Mar 08 2013 |

maluechan

maluechan

Indonesia

i love her so much,, her style is great, i love it.


“nobody’s home” my fav song

01:15 PM Mar 06 2013 |

ola33

ola33

Japan

And she’s getting married Chad Kroeger, Nickelback. Woo -Hoo! :))

04:00 AM Sep 29 2012 |

Nina_Smith

Nina_Smith

Australia

Avril?


she is my favorite singer,i love her,she is good singer.

09:33 AM Sep 19 2012 |

princessanika

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

wow she is amazing,i love herLaughing

03:02 PM Sep 18 2012 |

nourelyakine

Algeria

I love her, really Smile

10:03 AM Sep 03 2012 |

KardelenF

KardelenF

Turkey

I very love you Avrill <333


because she great style and she wonderfull make a music


wish you were here is nice music


07:09 PM Oct 15 2011 |

Hanadulce

Hanadulce

Venezuela

Oh yes I love her!!! 

03:24 PM May 30 2011 |

lolekesh

lolekesh

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

I like her

12:46 PM Feb 14 2011 |

Soulmate Ann

China

i like her very much,and her music is so special.

02:37 PM Dec 18 2010 |

samarh

samarh

Syrian Arab Republic

I like her way in life, she's honest and not fake

my favorite songs are : "she wants to go home"  , "my happy ending" and "i don't wanna fall to pieces " 

05:43 PM Nov 20 2010 |

Film G.T.O

Film G.T.O

Thailand

i love you Avril and ilike your song

06:55 AM Nov 18 2010 |

rover lee

rover lee

China

i very evry evry evryyyyyy like avril too….

becouse his style

facing the attitude towards life.

each song i love

03:16 PM Oct 21 2010 |

Brunapf

Brunapf

Brazil

I feel like speak my mind when I listen to her songs inspite of reminding me of circunstances not so nice, but I still enjoy her songs more than ever. She looks be a great girl and has a wonderfull heart as a matter of fact she has a lot of fans around the world including me.

01:19 AM Oct 18 2010 |

Amy_Babe

Taiwan

She's DAMN COOL n BeautifuL!   how could she be so AWESOME?   luv u Avril!!

06:35 AM Jul 11 2010 |

Deborah Atanda

Nigeria

She's so hot

02:11 PM Jun 02 2010 |

beatrice515

China

I like her very very very very much.  She is not only beautiful but also has a good voice. Support her for ever.

01:34 AM May 24 2010 |

ciccleo

ciccleo

Brazil

I like some of her musics, but I think today she's becoming a pop star just like the ones who were metioned in the introduction except by the way she dresses.

 

02:52 AM May 23 2010 |

cherry1208

cherry1208

Taiwan

hello

06:43 AM Feb 10 2010 |

lucas almeida

Brazil

I'm was a big fan, now I'm just try to put off avril's stuff at garbage!

04:18 AM Dec 02 2009 |

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