I study once in a while. But my parents never pushed us into anything. Until we were 18, my mother would make us go with her to Kingdom Hall, and when we turned of age, she let us choose what we wanted to.

I don't believe in luck. ... It's persistence, hard work, and not forgetting your dream.

There are artists, true performers that have come before me who have been a big inspiration to me. I hope I do the same for others.

Believe in yourself. Have faith in yourself because no one else is going to.

When I'm feeling down on myself or not feeling good about who I am, or maybe something happened and I'm feeling depressed, I eat to fill that void. Afterwards I'll beat myself up about it. I regret doing it, but I'll turn around and do it again.

I've never tried pot; I've never tried anything.

As a child, I had to get up early for school or work. I'd get ready by myself. I'd set my alarm to wake me up very early in the morning, and be off to work, the family driver driving me every morning. I did it alone, my parents never coming in to wake me up.