To understand me, you have to meet me...

I was signed by L.A. Reid on Arista Records when I was 16. He understood me and believed in me. Arista folded and I got put on RCA or whatever, then there were new people there, and every six months it changes and more new people come in.

I have to fight to keep my image really me... I rejected some gorgeous publicity shots because they just didn't look like me.

I'm definitely really into rock music, and I feel like that is where my heart is.

I'm waking up to say I tried, instead of waking up to another TV guide.

Love is more than a word to me. It's something that I see and feel in the people around me that makes me believe it and feel loved. It's nurturing and unconditional. It is consistent and reliable.

I listen to all kinds of bands. I like rock music, like, male rock bands. I'm more into that instead of female singers. I like Nirvana, Green Day, System Of A Down. I also like punk rock, and I love bands like Coldplay.