Former Disney star Demi Lovato is making a huge comeback. She has a top 10 song on her hands and will start touring in November.

More importantly, Demi seems to have matured and gained many important life lessons along the way during her troubled times last year.

“Be careful who you trust,” she tells Parade mag, adding that the best way to deal with the negative side to fame is “to keep your chin up and stay strong and turn the other cheek. Kill ’em with kindness.”

Here are some other excerpts from the Parade interview:

On her first Top 10 Billboard hit, Skyscraper:
“When I perform that song, I just try to recall of all the emotions that I felt when I first recorded it, which is a lot. I recorded it during a time in my life when I was going through a lot.”

On her plans for the future:
“Over the next year, I just want to continue to tour and have fun with music. Acting will come second. Music is my number one passion and I want to stick to music for a while.”