Ballinger: "Clowns are meant to make people smile. That's my goal."

Ballinger: "It fascinated me, these kids who would sit in their living room or bedroom or kitchen and sing to the camera and act out the song fully as though they were onstage. Because a lot of musical theater kids... do that alone in your bedroom when you're a kid. But for someone to go and put that online? That's just so embarrassing!"

Ballinger: "It's fun to just be an awful human being."

Ballinger: "Anyone can sing badly, but to sing badly on purpose and make it believable is harder. I listen for the actual melody in my head but sing right underneath or above it out loud. It takes a lot of concentration."

Ballinger: "I would do whatever the haters said they didn't like. They'd say, 'I don't like your lipstick,' so I'd put on more."

Ballinger: "I couldn't comprehend why someone would film themselves alone in their bedroom and put it online. I thought that was so bizarre. Now I can't imagine not putting my life online and talking to a camera alone in my bedroom; it's become my life."

Ballinger: "I think we all have a little crazy in us."

Ballinger: "I have a whole new perspective on pregnancy and motherhood now that I'm experiencing it. Just because it's so hard and so confusing and so exciting. Women are so amazing that their bodies can do this and that they're strong enough to do this. I can't believe almost every woman goes through this, because it's so hard."

Ballinger: "For me, Miranda has always been a much deeper character than the three-minute videos I put online."

Ballinger: "I definitely think we're living in a world or generation where we need constant gratification and adoration with Instagram and likes, and we base everything on attention."

Ballinger: "I started out poking fun at this YouTube thing."

Ballinger: "When I was in college and reading music and doing ear training, I was a little more advanced than the other people in my choir classes. So to entertain myself and kind of annoy the friends around me, I would sing just under the pitch or just above the pitch."

Ballinger: "I hope that memes jump out of our computers in the future."

Ballinger: "I love every Netflix original series, because they're so creative and different, and they really believe in trusting the creators of these shows and in their vision and passion."

Ballinger: "My fans are my family. I love them so much."

Ballinger: "I travel a lot for work and have people waiting outside my hotel or call my room constantly or show up at whatever restaurant I'm eating at because I Snapchatted. It is a little terrifying."

Ballinger: "Whenever a hater said they hated something about Miranda, I'd do it more."

Ballinger: "Getting onstage and trying out all of my material and what works well with audiences and what doesn't, what works well in different atmospheres, has been the best training."

Ballinger: "Oftentimes, when I'm trying to get inspired, I'll find myself just staring at the wall and let the fans inspire me to get creative."

Ballinger: "The thing I needed to learn about Miranda was where her motivation comes from when she gets upset. There's been a few times where Miranda's a brat or crying online, and it seems very surface level, and I think that I needed to learn where her insecurities came from, because online she just comes across as kind of bratty."

Ballinger: "Miranda was built by her haters."

Ballinger: "In the beginning, people watched me to hate on me. They thought Miranda was a real person. People just couldn't understand why this strange girl was so confident. And then slowly, I started getting fans."

Ballinger: "The only reason I have any success at all in my career is because of the Internet."

Ballinger: "I have always wanted to tell Miranda's backstory. To me, it's so fascinating that as a YouTuber, everyone knows what we show them. No one knows what goes on when the cameras are off. I always thought, what would Miranda do in her time off?"

Ballinger: "I got a lot of hate mail, and that's where the term 'haters back off' came from because I got all this hate."

Ballinger: "I want to tell Miranda's story more broadly than what I have been in these five-minute videos on the Internet. She can live in a longer format."

Ballinger: "My audience is like my family at this point."