My parent's divorce and hard times at school, all those things combined to mold me, to make me grow up quicker. And it gave me the drive to pursue my dreams that I wouldn't necessarily have had otherwise.

I went through my first big breakup, with a boyfriend who I had been with for more than two years. He had been one of my dancers, and it was my first love and his.

I just kick off my shoes, walk around barefoot, I don't care if my feet get dirty.

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

I am a woman who has my extreme vulnerable side and my baggage - and at times I feel extremely weak.

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 don't even watch my own show: I tape it, I'm out.