When I first started getting into the business, a young woman in a music game that was mostly men, I did feel inadequate.

My mom always said, "Don't date a guy who thinks he's prettier than you."

When you're talented, you're talented.

Business can change you, and chew you up, and spit you out, and be rid of you, and on to the next thing. That's why it's so important to know who you are and stand up for something.

Wait, I'm deciding to be my own individual self. And it looks nothing like what anyone else is doing.

I find that the love we share fills me up and makes me see and appreciate life in a different way.

My mother was raised very, very strict Catholic in the Midwest. There was so much fear and intimidation [in the faith]. So, growing up, I was always looking for my connection. I've found myself praying before meals, before bed; there's always been this gratitude for things that are bigger than me.