Miley cyrus biography 2008 interview

For Miley Cyrus, who just turned 17, life is easily divided by fame. There are the 13 years before she was famous, and then there's everything since.

BF (Before Fame), sold-out crowds and red-carpet events were the domain of her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, and his achy-breaky heart. "I remember so many times when I was younger being like, Why does Dad sleep so much when he's home from the road?" she says.

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"Why doesn't Dad want to play? Now I'm starting to get it. When I come home from the road, the first thing I do is grab my baby sister [Noah Lindsey, 10] and hold her for as long as she'll let me."

These days, though, it's all about Miley.

Ever since she signed on to play an alter-ego version of herself called Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel four years ago, she has been crazy famous, her adolescence chronicled by the paparazzi, her every tweet dissected—before she deleted her account.

(She was fed up with her posts becoming fodder fo