I really don't spend any time on the Internet, so I guess I live a little under a rock in that respect.

You've got to make a decision: Are you going to go down with the situation, or are you going to focus and succeed? My dream...kept me going.

I'm not one that just throws music out there to keep it coming, and all that. I believe in the craft, and the time it takes to really nurture something and put a lot of effort into the details.

I never mind contorting myself for a good cause.

I was very pushed to look a certain way and act a certain way, and it wasn't me, but I played by their rules to get my foot in the door.

I remember watching the Grammys and looking at the performances and crying to my mom, saying how much I wanted to be there.

Sometimes you just know what you're placed on this earth to do.