I grew up in the theater, my mother is an actress, I was always around the world of acting and theater.

I've always expressed myself best through writing. I've gotten out all of my deepest feelings that way for as long as I can remember.

Only joy comes from song.

So we come together before you on this day, March 30th, 2015, with one voice in unity in the hopes that today will be another one of those moments in time, a moment that will forever change the course of music history.

You can't really compare people. That's one of the biggest lessons I've learned, because comparing yourself to someone else really stops you from being who you are.

I've seen so many lives turn around from the impossible. I have come to embrace the idea that even the simplest act of understanding, love and attention can produce the biggest results.

When I had nothing else, I had my mother and the piano. And you know what? They were all I needed.