Demi Lovato: 'I want to use my voice for good'

Demi Lovato says she wants to use her influence to "do good" in life.

The singer has assumed role model status as a result of her huge fame and the troubles she has overcome in the past few years.

Speaking to Access Hollywood, Lovato said that she has learnt to accept her position of power, adding that she wants to use it to help and inspire others.

The US star said: "I really embraced the whole role model thing, because when I was younger I realised that shying away from it and denying that I was gonna be a role model only made me resent the fact that people were putting boundaries on me of things I can and cannot do. I think that's why a lot of people shy from it, rightfully so. People sometimes just want to live their lives.

"At that moment, I knew I was doing a lot of things that weren't right and weren't role model-like until the day that I saw everything in the bigger picture where my voice - if you live your whole career just singing and just taking pictures and just living in front of everyone, if you don't use your voice for good, it's actually a very vain career, a narcissistic career.

"I want to use my voice for good and I know that I can do a lot other than singing. And that's what I want to do. That's what I want to show people."

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