If we can just try every day to be the best versions of ourselves, we are offering to the world the best addition to society.

There is an energy in New York that is like nowhere else I've been, and I feel free there, and that is inspiring.

I know that I cannot control anyone else's actions but my own, and how I choose to react to situations.

Making excuses and not trying because I was scared were my go-to reactions. Nothing was going to change in my life unless I did something about it.

I am constantly trying to figure things out, and writing and decompressing is a way for me to analyze and try and grow and understand.

Meeting Justin Bieber was interesting. We were backstage at The Voice, and he was there premiering his "Boyfriend" music video. I was in six-inch heels, so I was towering over him like a giant.

Believing in myself has always been hard. For a long time, I constantly compared myself to others, and it took away from the energy I could have been putting into my career.