I feel guilty because I want to act more than I want to write songs. I'm a person who likes to transition; I like to grow.

My dream is to star in an animated movie and to have a toy made after me.

Artists aren't looking for you to write them something; they're looking for you to give them something new.

I don't really start writing until later in the night. I'm a night owl.

Everyone in my family can sing - my momma can sing, my cousins. I was in the third grade and I was that kid who was so bad in school because I could sing.

My music teacher was like, "Ester, you need to pay attention in class." I'm like, "No miss lady, 'cause I can sing." I didn't want anybody to change the way I sung. I learned by gospel CDs and by watching my momma sing; I didn't need this teacher to tell me. I wish I had, because then I would have learned how to play the damn piano or something. I would have a couple of more things under my belt if I wasn't so hard-headed.

I like interior decorating. I really like to build houses. And landscaping, I like that.