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Sk8tr songstress: Avril Lavigne
From skateboards to couture -- this Canadian rocker has arrived.
By David Giammarco
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EC: How did you spend your off time in Austin, Texas, shooting Fast Food Nation?
AL: "We would go to karaoke bars. I went to one place and started singing Green Day songs, and the whole bar just stopped. It was so awesome. They were completely shocked to see me up there. I was wasted and just completely rocking out. Then one night we went to another bar, and there was some guy on stage playing acoustic guitar. I walked up to give him a tip, and his mouth dropped open and he said: 'Oh, my God! You're Avril Lavigne!' He asked me to sing with him, so I got up and sang 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door' and a couple of my songs, and the whole place just went nuts. Then when I got off the stage, everyone started crowding around me so we ran down the street -- everyone started running after us. It was insane."
EC: Tell us -- what are your favourite karaoke songs?
AL: "I like singing Britney Spears songs. I don't make fun of her, but I guess it sounds funny coming from me. And I love singing 'Mmmbop' by Hanson -- that's my guilty pleasure."
EC: Speaking of guilty pleasures, what is your favourite edible guilty pleasure?
AL: "Pizza, but I don't like to eat meat, and I don't like to eat dairy. I lead a very healthy lifestyle -- drinking aside. I'M KIDDING! I only have, like, two drinks when I drink. But I can sure hold my liquor. I used to be so wild and crazy. I was thinking about that when I woke up this morning. I'm like, 'God, the things I used to do!' I've never touched drugs, though."
EC: What do you love about acting?
AL: "I'm a really deep person. I remember I used to sit in my room and just stare at the mirror and try to make myself cry. Acting is another type of performance, and I love when I can get emotional stuff out of myself. That's what really makes me happy."
EC: Who was your teenage crush?
AL: "Everyone asks me that. I've never told anyone, but I'll tell you: I wanted to marry Taylor Hanson. I was like 10 years old and sooo in love with him."
EC: What has been your weirdest fan encounter so far?
AL: "I was in Korea, and a guy came up to me and gave me a wedding dress when I arrived at the airport. And I was like, 'Ewww!'
Read ELLE's interview with another gorgeous singer/songwriter: Jewel.
Photo courtesy of wireimage.com
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