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 have always been one to encourage perseverance.

Honestly, I just want to have a good time, listen to great singers and great music, and just use my instincts, as usual.

I'm not a judgmental person, so I can't comment on someone else's background.

All I want to do is be normal. But really, it's other people who won't let me be that way.

I'm not being like, 'Hey, everybody, I'm pregnant!' I'm not that girl.

I do reinvent old hits of mine and sort of give them a new life.