From Seventeen magazine (she's on December's cover)
"I'm not like what you read about in the media. And I'm fun. Even my record is very tongue-in-cheek, like my book,
Confessions Of An Heiress. I think with my image, people don't know who I really am."
"In the past couple of months, I've loved the outfits I've been wearing."
"With Stavros [Niarchos], I needed to end it because I had to go on tour. And I love him. He's my best friend, but I couldn't go with him to Europe. I just didn't want to be in a relationship. I just wanted to be on my own. I have to work."
"My parents taught me that, no matter what happens, always remain your sweet self. When someone's rude to a waiter or someone, I get so pissed. I will always say, 'Thank you--yes, sir.' I'm always very polite, and I've always done that."
"My great-grandfather was a bellboy and he had a dream--to get a hotel--and he built this whole hotel empire. I think I inherited that drive. Ambition really runs through my veins. I love to create and I'm a businesswoman."
"I'm over that whole 'pink' phase of my life. I still love pink, but I changed the way I dress, the way I live. I love the whole Barbie thing, but I just want to grow up."
"When I was little, I always loved Halloween and I loved to wear all these crazy outfits. Now I've really changed my style because I'm more mature. I'll look at outfits I used to wear, and I'm like, 'Oh, my god, I'm so embarrassed.'"
"I love princessy dresses, like when they puff out like a tutu."
''I'm hoping this album is gonna show a new side of me. It
is a new me. I feel like I've grown up a lot, and I've been through a lot, and I deserve the respect''
"I could retire right now if I wanted to, but I don't want to. I'm going to keep going, keep doing more."
Is Paris a dumb blonde or a savvy businesswoman? Find out more in the December 2006 issue of
Seventeen!