All my favorite stars, my family and my friends are here. I'm having the happiest birthday that an 18-year-old girl could ever have.

The extra opinions and the extra praise is just a bonus, it's not the main thing. The main thing is how I feel about myself. And I feel really good about myself.

So when you get a chance to look at things and chill and relax, it makes you want it more, and that's why I'm so happy to be back!

It just feels like I'm on the right path musically and I'm in the right mindset to continue out my mission in music because I'm not putting myself in a box.

'America's Got Talent' has really opened a lot of doors for me. I want to do a lot more TV.

I think it's really finding that belief in yourself, where you just have it no matter what's going on, no matter what anyone else says. I think that's the challenge, is to really have that belief in yourself.

I feel there's so much purpose that's left in me to share with people and I'm just ready to use my gift in the right way because I know I have a gift and it's unique and different than anybody else's. I'm supposed to do something with it and I'm happy that I know that now.