I'm no stranger to criticism. You're never going to be good enough, or just the right thing in everybody's eyes.

My emotions overload because there is no hand to hold, there’s no shoulder here to lean on; I’m walking all on my own.

When my parents fought, I'd run up to my room, put on The Sound of Music, open the window and sing out. My voice was my escape. I saw it as a way out.

You need to find the power within to make [things] happen for yourself. When you realize this, you are unstoppable.

I got along better with the guys than with the girls. Only two girls came up to talk to me. Later I found out they were telling their boyfriends, 'If you talk to her, I'll kill you.' It's always rough with that high school thing.

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.

I have six-year-old fans that weren't even around for 'Genie in a Bottle' or even 'Fighter.'