The `What The Hell` singer landed a record deal when she was just 16, but insists she still had a lot of time to experience normal teenage pursuits. She said: "I had the most normal childhood in a small town and went to high school. "I had the normal experience. Then, when I was 16, I was gone." The 26-year-old star also explained she feels her success has lasted so long because she is so comfortable with different groups of people. She added to Scotland`s Daily Record newspaper: "I think I`ve always just been comfortable with who I am and I never feel I have to fit in with a certain crowd. "In school, I hung out with all kinds of people from different groups. During my last yer in high school, I was with a skater group. "I would know people from the goth group and the prep group, but my main group was skating, which meant hanging out with the boys."