The schedule is crazy - it's all suitcases and hotel rooms and you just go nonstop. It's a crazy lifestyle, it really is.

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

It's been quite a roller coaster ride, but I've grown and learned a lot about myself. The greatest thing is being able to interact with fans and touch people's lives... for that I give thanks.

I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures.

I don't want to be just a straight pop singer. I'm a vocalist and that's what I want to be seen as in the long run.

Being a mom changes your life. It actually has made me become more comfortable in my own skin and my own body because it's such a growth and a learning lesson.

I still have my eyes on the prize: I want to be that old lady onstage shaking her hips and singing her greatest hits.