I was tired and I had overworked myself and burnt myself out. So I went to Egypt by myself. When I saw what was built there, it made me understand how powerful we are, that we can create anything. And I felt like I needed to create things that were timeless too.

I think being really connected to a higher power, of having a spirituality to me, has been really good for me and I pray all the time.

A Minor is one of my all-time favorite keys to play in. It's a very moody key, and also 'A' is the first letter of my name. It just represents the songs through my eyes.

Failure isn't an option. I've erased the word fear from my vocabulary and I think when you erase fear you can't fail.

I personally feel that acting is not totally different from singing and being a musician.

I just wanted to be who I was, which was like so many other girls I knew. We grew up in the city, had a hard edge and obstacles to overcome, but we were still young and beautiful. I didn't want to be all dressed up, all made up - I wanted to be myself, which hadn't been done before.

I pray before everything. When I wake up, before I eat, before I perform, before I go to sleep, in the moments I need guidance.