If I was having a bad day, or if something was really getting me down -- boy troubles, whatever -- I wanted to go out and get a new piercing. It was definitely a release for me. Something that made me feel a little more strong or empowered. Because it was something that had to do with me and no one else.

I still have my eyes on the prize: I want to be that old lady onstage shaking her hips and singing her greatest hits.

I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school.

I love getting my feet massaged.

Thankfully, I have my mom and a small group of close friends who are there for me 24/7 and whom I can trust and depend on.

I don't want to be just a straight pop singer. I'm a vocalist and that's what I want to be seen as in the long run.

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.