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.

My future daughter is not going to go through what I did.

Being too thin. Being bigger. I've been criticized for being on both sides of the scale.

He's the one guy I can credit for making me think about marriage in a whole new light, because every guy I've had in my life has either lied or cheated me financially or business-wise, or taken advantaged of me.

I talk openly about my past and what I've gone through - abuse being something that was very real in my household, and a lot of chaos growing up as a child. I think that I naturally just gravitated towards music that I could really feel on a deep level - and that meant sadness. I was able to connect with that at a really young age.

You used to have to sing and convey emotion, and now, well, technically you can do anything with technology. It sucks for music today, but that's why that old music feels so good to me.

We take food for granted, but it isn't a luxury for many people.