Miley Cyrus Considered Going to College Like Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

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At one point in her life, Miley Cyrus dreamed of being a college co-ed. The former Disney Channel star tells the Oct. 8 issue of Rolling Stone that she considered pursuing another passion—photography—before deciding to revamp her music career.

"Once I ended [Hannah Montana], I thought I might go to NYU or something and study photography. Or to Savannah—they've got a really good school in Savannah," the 20-year-old explains. "I love photography. I have a Canon 5D. I want to co-direct something soon. When they're saying, 'Change this lens to this millimeter,' I want to know what they're talking about."

Miley says she was inspired by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, who briefly attended New York University. "I'm never going to be able to go to school and have the normal life," she tells the mag. "I kind of like the way Mary-Kate and Ashley did it. They were bajillionaires from being these kid stars, and they decided that that wasn't the future that they wanted. So they did fashion, and they kind of blended in at NYU. I don't think people bug them. I think in New York, it's not cool to care."

The Olsen twins aren't the only people whom Miley admires. The "Wrecking Ball" singer also looks up to her godmother, country music legend Dolly Parton. "I watch people like Dolly. Dolly knows what she is. She's smart. She's not just a blonde with big titties—she is a genius under there. She literally came from nothing, and now you go anywhere in the world, and they know Dolly Parton," she tells Rolling Stone. "It's like, don't let people's judgment define who you are. Don't read the comments and get nervous. Know who you are."

In fact, Miley insists she never reads her own press—a lesson she learned from her parents, Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus. "My parents have never allowed tabloids in the house. When my mom used to have assistants or whatever and they would bring tabloids over, she would be like, "Can't work with us. I don't want my kids reading that.'"

According to Miley, it's "better" that her dad has no idea "what they're saying about me or our family" in the press.  "It's good that he doesn't know how to Google and all that s--t. My dad barely knows how to use the computer. It literally takes him 45 minutes to send a tweet. He's like, ‘Can I do a picture on my BlackBerry? Is there an app for that?' I'm like, 'Dad, you don't have an iPhone. You don't even know what that means.'"

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Miley Cyrus Poses Nude on Rolling Stone Cover, Says She Weighs 108 Pounds

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Miley Cyrus calls herself a "semi-nudist" in the Oct. 8 issue of Rolling Stone, and judging by the magazine's cover, that's quite an understatement. Posing for photographer Theo Wenner, the naked pop star sticks out her tongue at the camera. With her platinum hair slicked back and her eyeliner smudged, Cyrus once again proves she's not the cookie-cutter Disney Channel star she once was.

In the accompanying interview, Cyrus speaks candidly about her polarizing performance at the MTV Video Music Awards in August. She admits to getting a little "handsy" with Robin Thicke, but says it's no worse than what he did to her. "No one is talking about the man behind the ass. It was a lot of 'Miley twerks on Robin Thicke,' but never, 'Robin Thicke grinds up on Miley.' They're only talking about the one that bent over," she says. "So obviously there's a double standard."

"America is just so weird in what they think is right and wrong," she adds. "Like, I was watching Breaking Badthe other day, and they were cooking meth. I could literally cook meth because of that show. It's a how-to. And then they bleeped out the word 'f--k.' And I'm like, really? They killed a guy, and disintegrated his body in acid, but you're not allowed to say 'f--k'? It's like when they bleeped 'molly' at the VMAs. Look what I'm doing up here right now, and you're going to bleep out 'molly'? Whatever."

Cyrus, 20, was amused by her critics, particularly Brooke Shields, who played her mom on Hannah Montana and called the performance "desperate."

"Brooke Shields was in a movie where she was a prostitute at age 12!" Cyrus says with a laugh, referencing Shields' role in the controversial 1978 filmPretty Baby.

Cyrus, of course, knows her antics are raising quite a few eyebrows. "I think it's an important time not to Google myself," she admits.

Though her VMAs performance was widely panned, Cyrus says she "wasn't trying to be sexy" when she sang "We Can't Stop" and "Blurred Lines" with Thicke. "If I was trying to be sexy, I could have been sexy. I can dance a lot better than I was dancing," she explains. The singer also acknowledges that her stubby pigtails made her "look like a little creature."

Cyrus also tells Rolling Stone that her twerking has gotten out of hand. "People are like, 'Miley thinks she's a black girl, but she's got the flattest ass ever,'" she says. "I'm like, ‘I'm 108 pounds! I know!' Now people expect me to come out and twerk with my tongue out all the time. I'll probably never do that s--t again."

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