I cried, I was so overwhelmed to meet Michael Jackson.

It feels so great to be back on the scene.

I'm very proud of myself because I have come so close to just giving up and I haven't done that.

I wrote my own verses. Anything I did, I wrote myself.

I needed to explore my talent and versatility and see if I had another side to me, another sound.

When I was 17, my producer Rodney Jerkins was working with Michael Jackson at the time. He knew how much I wanted to meet Michael Jackson, so he says, 'Would you like to come and meet him?' I'm like, 'Are you serious? Of course I want to meet Michael Jackson! Where do I meet you? Where do we come?'

That's the beautiful part about acting - you get to play somebody other than yourself. So, I'm open to people who can't sing, people who can, people that sing a little bit, or people that sing a lot.