The last thing I want is to walk into my house after a long day and see all the Grammys and awards. It would make me feel weird.

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

My mixed-race background made me a broad person, able to relate to different cultures. But any woman of colour, even a mixed colour, is seen as black in America. So that's how I regard myself.

I do feel like I owe something, but not to the industry. When you say "industry," I think of a group of people who don't really care much about you and treat you as a commodity. So, in that regard, I don't feel like I owe anything. But the people who've always been supportive of me and have always seen me for my greatest potential-those are the people who I feel like I owe something to. I feel like I am their voice. I owe it them to represent them in a way that they can be proud of.

I realize that I want something more. Success is great, but then you also wake up in your hotel room at four in the morning and you're like, wouldn't it be nice to have someone here with me.

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

There was no other path for me. I knew this was my path. I had to follow it.