Justin Bieber says now that he's eighteen he feels like he's growing up.
"I'm definitely more mature. I feel like I carry myself in a more manly way," Bieber tells Rolling Stone magazine. "I don't carry myself as a boy."
The magazine describes the singer as "Hot, ready and legal" on the cover. Coincidentally, the same set of words it used to describe Lindsay Lohan [photos] back in 2004.
Although Bieber is probably hoping his next eight years will go by with fewer arrests and jail time.
Not that his manager, Scooter Braun, doesn't have a few excuses ready to go.
"When he's being a prick, it's not because he's famous," Braun explains. "He's being a prick because he's a kid."
As for whether Bieber's relationship with Selena Gomez will reduce his fan base, Braun says: "Personally, I think that's all a bunch of bullsh-t."
"Yes, there's gonna be some girls that if they see him with a girlfriend, it kills the dream. But there's also gonna be girls that see him with a girlfriend, hear about the romantic things he does and want him even more."