You can't force music; It just has to come to you.

I'm very practical and realistic.

Hollywood is like high school, there are always going to be people who hate you and people who like you. When you're a teen, [that's tough] because you're hyper-aware of what other people are gonna say and think. But neither defines who you are as a person or how successful you are unless you let them.

You're not only the spotlight in which you perform, but the shadows where you practice.

Music is such an intensely personal thing for me, and I knew if I was going to do it, it would be in my own way.

A real, healthy relationship is about empowerment and love and that should be standard - but it isn't.

I never wash my hair the night before an event - I call it second day hair, and it holds better. Also, the day before, test run your makeup and watch it every couple of hours (see if your mascara is bleeding, or if your lip gloss runs out really quickly). Oh, and for me, shoe-wise, platforms give me the same height that I need, but they're not as taxing on my feet.