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Creativity Quote by Miley Cyrus

"A true friend is someone who is always there during the ups and downs, I actually have a song called 'True Friend'"

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Miley Cyrus turns a Hallmark-sounding definition of loyalty into something more revealing by stapling it to her own catalog: "I actually have a song called 'True Friend'". That second clause isn’t just trivia; it’s a declaration of authorship over the sentiment. She’s not only describing what friendship should be, she’s reminding you she’s already packaged that ideal into pop form, where sincerity has to survive hooks, branding, and the churn of public attention.

The intent reads like a gentle bid for credibility. In celebrity culture, saying you value "someone who is always there" can sound suspiciously abstract, because fame is built on temporary proximity: people crowd in for the highs, vanish at the first messy headline. Cyrus’s phrasing nods to that reality without naming it. "Ups and downs" is the safe, TV-friendly euphemism for the kind of volatility she’s lived publicly - reinvention, scrutiny, the constant negotiation between persona and person.

The subtext is also commercial in a way that feels honest rather than cynical: her emotional vocabulary is inseparable from her work. She processes relationships through songwriting, then circles back and uses the song as evidence of a consistent inner life. In a world that keeps treating pop stars as either products or cautionary tales, Cyrus stakes out a third lane: someone who has been both, and still wants the ordinary human thing - a friend who doesn’t treat her life like content.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Cyrus, Miley. (2026, January 15). A true friend is someone who is always there during the ups and downs, I actually have a song called 'True Friend'. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/a-true-friend-is-someone-who-is-always-there-172548/

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Cyrus, Miley. "A true friend is someone who is always there during the ups and downs, I actually have a song called 'True Friend'." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/a-true-friend-is-someone-who-is-always-there-172548/.

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"A true friend is someone who is always there during the ups and downs, I actually have a song called 'True Friend'." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/a-true-friend-is-someone-who-is-always-there-172548/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus (born November 23, 1992) is a Musician from USA.

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