I'm an artist who's educating children, insists Miley after complaints from parents

Miley Cyrus’s critics may have dismissed her outrageous stage antics as soft porn – but the defiant star insists she is an artist trying to educate children.
The American singer’s Bangerz tour, which kicked off in Canada on Valentine’s Day, has drawn complaints from parents who have taken offence at Cyrus miming a sex act with a man wearing a Bill Clinton mask and dancing in a glittering leotard decorated with cannabis leaves.
But the 21-year-old, who caused a sensation when she ‘twerked’ on stage with Robin Thicke at last year’s MTV awards said she was working her ‘ass off’ to be ‘a better person’.
She said:  ‘I want this to be a pretty high-end tour. I want it to be like good art.
'And I am excited to go to places where people are usually not exposed to too much good art. It can be a good education for the kids who come to my concert.’
She added: ‘I want to show people that music can not only be entertaining but educational as well.
‘Maybe people don’t think of me first when it comes to education, but I might surprise a couple of people.’

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She said: ‘Look, I am not the little girl any more. I think everybody knows that by now. I want to be my own person, I want to change all the time to become a better artist, a better person. I work my ass off, and I like who I am.’