(CNN) -- She might have had the world talking after her controversial appearance at MTV's Video Music Awards last month, but to at least one person, Miley Cyrus is still just who she is.
"She's just Miley," her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, told CNN's "Piers Morgan Live.""She's an artist. She's real. I think that what's happened over the years, Miley has been reinventing her sound. She's evolving as an artist herself. I think that all of what everyone is calling controversy now, that's still my Miley," he said.Billy Ray Cyrus spoke at length Thursday night about his daughter's performance at the VMAs.var currExpandable="expand15";if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);}var mObj={};mObj.type='video';mObj.contentId='';mObj.source='bestoftv/2013/09/20/ac-my-oh-miley.cnn';mObj.videoSource='CNN';mObj.videoSourceUrl='';mObj.lgImage="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130919235251-ac-my-oh-miley-00011130-story-body.jpg";mObj.lgImageX=300;mObj.lgImageY=169;mObj.origImageX="214";mObj.origImageY="120";mObj.contentType='video';CNN.expElements.expand15Store=mObj;var currExpandable="expand25";if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);}var mObj={};mObj.type='video';mObj.contentId='';mObj.source='bestoftv/2013/09/20/exp-pmt-billy-ray-miley-cryus-hannah-montana-shados.cnn';mObj.videoSource='CNN';mObj.videoSourceUrl='piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com';mObj.lgImage="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130919215810-exp-pmt-billy-ray-miley-cryus-hannah-montana-shados-00031021-story-body.jpg";mObj.lgImageX=300;mObj.lgImageY=169;mObj.origImageX="214";mObj.origImageY="120";mObj.contentType='video';CNN.expElements.expand25Store=mObj;if (typeof cnnArticleGallery == "undefined") {var cnnArticleGallery = {};}if(typeof cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList =="undefined"){cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList = [];}var expGallery53=new ArticleExpandableGallery();expGallery53.setImageCount(13);//cnn_adbptrackpgalimg("Evolution of Miley Cyrus", 1);
Miley Cyrus became a household name for families when her Disney Channel television show, "Hannah Montana," premiered in 2006. Cyrus, now 20, quickly rose to pop star fame and has been changing her appearance ever since. Here the singer attends a July 12 event in Los Angeles.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":true,"x":5,"y":3,"pos":1,"title":"Evolution of Miley Cyrus"} 
The future pop star with her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, in October 1994 in Memphis, Tennessee.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":5,"y":3,"pos":2,"title":"Evolution of Miley Cyrus"} 
The father and daughter team make a New York appearance for the Disney Channel in February 2006.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":5,"y":3,"pos":3,"title":"Evolution of Miley Cyrus"} 
Cyrus performs during the Radio Disney Totally 10 Birthday Concert in July 2006 in Anaheim, California.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":5,"y":3,"pos":4,"title":"Evolution of Miley Cyrus"} 
Cyrus appears at the 2007 American Music Awards in Los Angeles.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":5,"y":3,"pos":5,"title":"Evolution of Miley Cyrus"} 
Cyrus arrives at a film premiere in Hollywood in January 2008.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":5,"y":3,"pos":6,"title":"Evolution of Miley Cyrus"} 
Cyrus appears at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in Westwood, California, in 2009.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":5,"y":3,"pos":8,"title":"Evolution of Miley Cyrus"} 
Cyrus and her mother, Tish Cyrus, at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards in January 2010 in Los Angeles.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":5,"y":3,"pos":9,"title":"Evolution of Miley Cyrus"} 
Cyrus performs at a music festival in June 2010 in Arganda del Rey, Spain.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":5,"y":3,"pos":10,"title":"Evolution of Miley Cyrus"} 
The singer arrives at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas in May 2012.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":5,"y":3,"pos":11,"title":"Evolution of Miley Cyrus"} 
The grown-up Cyrus performs during the "VH1 Divas" concert in Los Angeles in December.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":5,"y":3,"pos":12,"title":"Evolution of Miley Cyrus"} 
Cyrus shows off her moves with Robin Thicke during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards in Brooklyn, New York, on Sunday, August 25.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":5,"y":3,"pos":13,"title":"Evolution of Miley Cyrus"} Photos: Evolution of Miley Cyrus You know the one.Wearing a flesh-toned bra and matching underwear, Miley Cyrus appeared on stage with gigantic, dancing bears and stunned the crowd by grinding against singer-songwriter Robin Thicke and yes -- twerking.The performance was a far cry from her Disney days as "Hannah Montana."Billy Ray Cyrus said he had known his daughter planned to do "something really special" at the VMAs to get everyone talking."Miley's smart enough to know that to come out of the shadows of 'Hannah Montana,' it really takes something extremely drastic, which when you go to that level, it creates passion, and passion is either love or hate. But there's no middle of the road for passion," he said, adding that the performance pushed his daughter to new heights."She has risen to a whole new level. I thought I had seen it all -- until these last couple of weeks," he told CNN's Morgan.Cher slams Miley Cyrus, but feels 'ashamed' for her commentsMiley and Liam: The engagement's offMiley's 'Wrecking Ball' wrecks Michigan college statueWatch Piers Morgan Live weeknights 9 p.m. ET. For the latest from Piers Morgan click here./* push in config for this share instance */cnn_shareconfig.push({"id" : "cnn_sharebar2","url" : "http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/19/showbiz/billy-ray-cyrus-interview/index.html","title" : "Billy Ray Cyrus on his daughter: \'That\'s still my Miley\'"});
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