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 not a Democrat, I'm not a Republican-I'm an American, I'm a human.

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 guess we guess our way through life. How many times do we really know for sure?

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've learned a lot about my voice, and about things I can do with it. Maybe that's why my sound has become a little more pop.

I wish I had a great relationship with my mother.