Basically, what I'm saying is there is nothing fake about what I do. I'm up-front, I'm real, I'm honest and I'm open with my feelings.

I'm very protective of how much I let people see.

So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?

There's always a positive to those negative times, because you come out of it so much stronger and wiser. Strength comes from every hardship, and it's been a lesson for 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.

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 a 9-to-5 woman who has the same kind of lifestyle for years on end. I couldn't do it.