Inspiration for my music just comes from, you know, my life experiences.

Staying true to yourself and trusting your instincts is very important. I've learned this both through creating music, where I've always stayed focused on recording music that is true to who I am and to my fans, and through my recent health struggles, where I knew something more was going on than what I was hearing from different doctors; I had to trust myself and continue to pursue a diagnosis.

There were definitely times I couldn't shower for a full week because I could barely stand, it felt like having all your life sucked out of you.

My mom wouldn't let me sing 'Strawberry Wine' because it had 'wine' in it.

Yeah, let's keep the peace going.

We have parties at my house. My girlfriends and I play our iPods, with all of our favorite songs. We pick our songs and jump up on the counter and dance, and do runway stuff, and we take video with my camera. When I'm with my girlfriends, I act like I'm 19.

I was eating bad stuff. Lots of sugar and carbs, junk food all the time. It makes you very irritated.