Love you all the time, 'cause when I close my eyes, I still can see your smile, it's bright enough to light my life

It's very tough for a woman in the music business, and he really was such a motivator from the beginning, when I was super-shy, and he saw a lot in me on a personal level that he knew could carry through on the stage.

You don't have to give up who you are to be successful just because you're different.

Having felt people's love and support first hand through difficult moments in my life makes me feel it's our responsibility to help one another.

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice. You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come. Where will you be a few years down the line. Will it be everything you dreamed of. We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.

You never know what life has in store for you, but I believe there are certain things one is meant to go through

I was going to be a doctor, but I think my music allowed me to help more people than I could have done one-on-one as a psychologist. Just like other people's music really helped me.