"I feel like I felt more like a friend to the world, which is very different than like, a goddess. You know, she's kind of like, queen, and I always felt a very motherly feeling from her to her audience. But I think I feel more like your friend because we grew up together." Miley's aware that the relationship has shifted since her early career.

Miley Cyrus is just over a week away from releasing her next album, Something Beautiful. But before she does, she's reflecting on all the steps she needed to take to get to this moment, from taking control of her sobriety to winning a Grammy for her smash hit "Flowers.

Miley Cyrus says she was talked out of performing a series of intimate gigs, and suggested she may never tour fully again due to a 'large polyp' on her vocal cord