I'd like my writing to be recognized with a Grammy.

As a young girl, there were the obvious messages about what girls could and couldn't achieve. And to compound the limitations I felt being leveled upon me, I realized at the age of nine, that I was gay.

I think I'm no different from any artist in music. At least once, you want to see your name up on the top.

I'm a Scorpio, and who knows if there is any validity to it, but I'm very emotional. I have high highs and low lows.

I'd like my writing to be recognized with a Grammy.

In the first decade of my life, I came to know and love God, as I was raised in a Christian home and community.

All I ever wanted to do was write songs and get on a bus and go play them for people.