I don't mean to sound immodest, but I never had any doubt that I'd be successful, nor any fear of success. I was raised as a little goddess who was told she would be a star.

The music industry had virtually blacklisted me.

It got to a point of where it was ruining my health and I just hated it. I hated doing it and I couldn't stop without some kind of help to get the longing for it out of my system.

If something isn't working out in one aspect of my career, it's not any big neurotic, crazy phase for me, it's just something that I accept, and that's okay. I'm not going to keep banging my head against the wall.

I refuse to let anybody try to typecast me. It's against my nature. I like to continually do different things.

When I act, I act. When I sing, I sing. I don't put one over the other. Entertaining is what I do best.

That first apartment was a big step. It has a lot to do with being independent.