I don't let things go unless I'm ready for them to go.

In the real world, it is hard to be taken seriously as a woman. Use your brain and be smart about your choices. There's nothing wrong with being a good girl - it's actually very attractive and sexy.

I was adopted into this incredible home, a loving, positive environment, yet I had this yearning, this kind of darkness that was also inside me.

Everybody wants you to do good things, but in a small town you pretty much graduate and get married. Mostly you marry, have children and go to their football games.

I grew up asking for everything under the sun for Christmas, but I knew I wasn't going to get it all.

I didn't realize that everyone was so attracted to my hair. I thought, well what about my music?

I'm very competitive but in a very nice way