Hurt me to see the pain across my mothers face, every time my father's fist would put her in her place.

When I'm traveling on tour, one of my favorite things to do is to throw a baseball cap on and go to a Target. The company has always been good to me. They've got such a great creative team.

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.

When success comes, people can try to trick you or take advantage of you.

Just the whole concept of burlesque, I've always been fascinated with it. I've always collected so many books about burlesque.

The roughest road often leads to the top.

For me the visual is just as important as the music.