Avril had been into music since the age of 2, performing in localmusicals, village fairs and, thanks to devout Christian family, at church. Until theage of 12 she'd just been a singer, but she decided she wanted more. So she taught herself to play guitar, andfound a new way of making her parents proud, too. "I taught myself on my dad's guitar," she says. "I started writing lines here and there and they grew into songs. I did it on my own, but my parents supported me," she smiles.
It wasn't long before Avril had her first taste of fame. At the age of 14, singing contest in Canada's capital, Ottawa. She won and appeared on stage as part of her prize (alongside Shania Twain in front of 10.000 people.) It was then that she knew that she could do it, she knew she had something special, so she started to chase her dream. Determinded to be a star, Avril sent a home video of herself singing karaoke to Peter Zizzo, an American songwriter/producer. He was so impressed he invited the ambitious 16 year old on a songwriting trip to New York. Everyone loved her and she was immediately signed to Arista Records, kome of Pink and Usher. Avril's dream was coming true, so she dropped out of school and moved to New York to work on her debut album. But living the dream was scarier than tough- kid Avril had thought. "The city is nuts. It was crazy learning subway on my way to the studio every day," she says, "But I was glad to be doing something productive." After a year working hard Avril had finished her first album, Let Go. "My lyrics are honest and I write about whatever happens to me," she says. "my song Losing Grip means a lot to me, it's about my ex-boyfriend. We weren't meeting on a emotional level and he wasn't giving me what I needed. I can still play the same songs and get mad and get my anger out. It's therapeutic and I hope I can help others in a similar situation." But it wasn't all plain- rocking. Avril'sfeisty self-belief caused problems, too. "I worked with a ton of people, and fought with most of them," she explains. "I'd go on writing trips, meets lots of musicians and write one song and be like, 'Screw this. I'm not working with that person.' Sometimes, just because of my age, they didn't want to hear what I had to say. I probably just gave them attitude if they weren't listening. I'm a little fighter and I stand up for what I believe."
Avril also ran into trouble because she refused to be manufactured by the record company. As she'd said all along, she just wanted to be herself. So she refused to do what she told to say, or even wear. "I'm not a ****ing product, I'm a human. There are times when I go to photoshoots and there are racks of clothes and I'mlike 'No I'm not wearing any of that," Avril says. "People try to get me to wear high-heeled shoes and cute little shirts and I'm like 'No! It's tempting, girls like to look pretty, but I'm not like that. It's really important that, when I'm on camera I dress and act the way I normally would. I just want to be myself. I don't want to act like someone I'm not.I want the world to know who I really am. I'm sick of people being fake, and two-faced."
The great thing is, despite her success, fame hasn't changed Avril at all. "I just think that the way people treat me sometimes is just, like, weird". "It's like they think I'm made up of plastic or something. I was walking down the hall one time, and this guy was yelling 'Move out ofmy way',at everyoneso I could walk through. I was like, ****ing shut up! I don't deserve to be treated any more special than other people." So, forget Jenny from the block, this is one down-to-earth girl who'll still be keeping it real when she's on her 10th album. And Avril's determinded to stick around for a long time. "I want a very long career.I'm only 18 so I'm growing and becoming who I am, and I change all the time. But I want to be around for a while yet and make tons of different albums."
艾薇拉莫娜拉維涅出生在Napanee ,安大略,家長朱迪和約翰對1984年9月27日。她是中東兒童。她有壹個弟弟的名字馬修誰是19歲和壹個妹妹米歇爾, 14 。但她始終是壹個活躍的大部分時間都在她的學校裏進入trubble 。即使是壹個十幾歲的孩子在Napanee區高中,盡管其中壹個最小的在她的課堂( 5''1 ' ) ,她總是進入擦傷。 “我到很多打鬥, ”她承認。 “如果有人揀取的我的壹個朋友,我會去bithc出來。我不是壹個鬥士,但我不采取任何廢話。艾薇強烈性質意味著shewasn't壹直深受同學日。 ”有趣的是, “她微笑著”以人用於所嚇倒我。我不知道為什麽。這是奇怪的-妳航集團與和妳穿的衣服可以嚇唬人。我的老師恨我,因為我從來沒有和我的工作從來沒有註意在課堂上。 “但itwasn't公正艾薇的老師誰是她的憤怒,麻煩了她在學校的父母瘋了,這意味著她總是停飛。 ”我很叛逆對我的父母,但我們冷靜現在, “艾薇揭示。 ”我總是遇到麻煩。我從來沒有做任何事情讓放學後,所以我會去看我的房間和寫字。 “而且,艾薇兒的musicwas誕生,給了她被停飛的時間(和靈感)寫她的第壹張專輯,放手。
艾薇兒已經進入音樂自2歲,表演的localmusicals ,鄉村集市,由於虔誠的基督徒家庭,在教堂。直到theage 12只希望她是壹個歌手,但她決定,她希望更多。於是,她發揮自己教吉他, andfound壹種新的方式,使她的父母感到自豪,也。 “我告訴自己我的父親的吉他, ”她說。 “我開始寫作系在這裏和那裏,他們成長為歌曲。我做到了我自己,但我的父母支持我, ”她笑著說。
不久以後,艾薇兒,她首次嘗試了名聲。在14歲,歌唱大賽,在加拿大首都渥太華。她的勝利,並在舞臺上出現的壹部分,她的獎金(仙妮亞唐恩並肩前的10.000人。 )正是在這時,她知道,她能做到這壹點,她知道她有什麽特別,所以她開始追逐自己的夢想。測定是壹個明星,艾薇兒發出了壹個家庭視頻自己唱卡拉OK ,以彼得Zizzo ,美國作曲家/制作人。他留下了深刻的印象,他邀請了雄心勃勃的16歲的創作前往紐約。每個人都喜歡她,她立即簽署阿裏斯塔記錄,科梅的粉紅色和亞瑟。艾薇兒的夢想,是未來真正的,所以她輟學和移居紐約的工作對她的首張專輯。但是,生活的夢想是可怕比強硬的孩子艾薇以為。 “這座城市是堅果。有人瘋狂學習地鐵站的路上到演播室每天, ”她說, “但我高興的是做壹些有益的。 ”經過壹年努力艾薇完成了她的第壹張專輯,放手。 “我的歌詞是誠實的,我寫的無論發生什麽情況,我, ”她說。 “我的歌失去了抓地力意味著很多對我來說,這是我的前男友。我們並沒有情感上的水平和他沒有給我什麽我需要。我仍然可以發揮同樣的歌曲,並獲得惱我憤怒了。它的治療,我希望我能幫助其他有類似情況。 “但是,並非所有的純搖擺。 Avril'sfeisty自信造成的問題,也。 “我與壹噸的人民,和戰鬥與他們當中的絕大多數, ”她解釋說。 “我希望去書面旅遊,滿足許多音樂家和寫壹首歌曲,並想, '螺桿這壹點。我沒有與該人。有時候,只是因為我的年齡,他們不想聽聽我的話。我也許只是給了他們的態度,如果他們不聽。我是壹個小戰士,我站起來為我所相信。 “
艾薇兒也陷入困境,因為她拒絕被制造的唱片公司。正如她說,壹直以來,她只是想成為自己。因此,她拒絕做她告訴說,甚至磨損。 “我不是壹個****化產品,我壹個人。有些時候我去photoshoots有衣架的衣服和I'mlike '沒有我不穿任何說: ”艾薇兒說。 “人們試圖讓我穿高跟鞋和可愛的小襯衫,我就像'不!這是誘人的,女孩要漂亮,但我不是這樣的。這是真正重要的是,當我相機我穿著和行為的方式我通常會。我只是想將我自己。我不想再有人像我not.I希望世界知道是誰我真的。我生病的人被假冒,兩個面。 “
偉大的事情是,盡管她的成功,成名並沒有改變艾薇所有。 “我只是認為,人的方式對待我有時只是像,奇怪的” 。 “這就像他們認為,我是由塑料或東西。我是走在大廳壹時間,這個家夥是大叫'走出ofmy方式' ,在everyoneso我可以穿過。我想, *** *法閉嘴!我不應該得到任何特殊待遇比其他人。 “所以,忘記珍妮從塊,這是壹個腳踏實地的女孩誰還會在保持真正當她對她的第十張專輯。和艾薇兒的測定,要堅持了很長壹段時間。 “我想了很長career.I '只有18米,使我成長,並成為我是誰,我改變所有的時間。但我想大約有壹段時間沒有作出噸不同的相冊。