I grew up in a very modest house. We were poor-we lived on the poverty level. We all got jobs as young kids.

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

Being born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in the very rural parts of Kansas led me to believe that everything was simple, everything made sense and that anything was possible.

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 came along at a time when the industry was eating its young.

I felt like a sinful person when I dated men and allowed them to feel for me in a way I knew I could never naturally feel for them. That felt wrong and a lie.

If I have a hit, then I hope the people who like the hit song go out and buy my album so they can hear it all.