Miley Talks Nashville, Her Bad-Girl Image and More in Prestige

WENN, Wednesday, September 7, 2011, 12:06am (PDT)

By newsdesk@wenn.com (WENN Newsdesk)

• Miley Cyrus takes every opportunity to jet back to her native Tennessee, Tenn., because life in Los Angeles makes her "sad."

  The teenage singer and actress, who was born in Nashville, prefers the slow pace of the South and insists she's no California girl - because people "take life for granted" there.

  RELATED: Miley Professes Her Admiration for Joan Jett

  She tells Prestige magazine, "I'm not a big fan of L.A., I've got to be honest. I like being able to work here, but any chance to go back home, I love it.

  "People really take life for granted in California. It makes me sad sometimes. So I have to give myself that reality check every once in a while and go back home. Everyone [in L.A.] is so busy and everyone is trying to be better than the other person, and everyone has got so much going on. Nashville life is just so laid back and people enjoy every second of life that they have."

  RELATED: Miley's New Pup, Bieber's Snake and More Celebri-pets

  Miley also used her Prestige spot to discuss the image she's given by the media.

  VOTE: The 2011 CMA Nominations Are Out -- Pick Your Favorite Multiple Nominee at PCA.com!

  "The press seems to think that I'm trying to make this big turn and become a bad girl, and really I'm trying to be more connected with the Earth," she says. "[Either] I'm a great role model or I'm completely inappropriate for anyone under 13 and I am controversial ... There was this magazine article the other day, showing all the younger celebrities. I was the 'girl next door' or whatever, and I fell under the category of 'good girl gone bad.' And I was like, 'What the hell, man?'"