You’ve got me feeling like you’re that something I’ve been missing.

When I first came out there was no such thing as Twitter or Facebook. And the blogs! Like, what is that?

Hurt me to see the pain across my mothers face, every time my father's fist would put her in her place.

I have a lot of things to say and a lot of things to let out of me.

If I was having a bad day, or if something was really getting me down -- boy troubles, whatever -- I wanted to go out and get a new piercing. It was definitely a release for me. Something that made me feel a little more strong or empowered. Because it was something that had to do with me and no one else.

Growing up with the childhood that I had, I learned to never let a man make me feel helpless, and it also embedded a deep need in me to always stick up for women.

I'm not really religious but very spiritual. I give money to this company that manufactures hearing aids on a regular basis. More people should really hear me sing. I have a gift from God.