I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school.

Becoming a mother has helped me to realize who I am aside from my career.

I was brought up in a household of chaos and I never felt stable at home. At a really young age, I decided I was never going to feel helpless, I was never going to feel weak around a man, and I was never going to rely on anyone. Independence was a big, big thing for me.

I think that the best way you can get honesty across in your music to connect and relate to people is to be motivated by personal emotions, stories and feelings.

It's amazing how a truly great songwriter can touch anyone in the world with their words.

I stray away from formulaic, the formatted.

In school that used to happen a lot: they'd get me to sing and then they'd hate me for it.