I just think that the whole diva thing is a misrepresentation of who I am.

With hard work, living a good life, you can do anything. You will be rewarded for that.

I came from the Bronx and a certain background. I worked really hard. I kept my focus on the right things.

When something bad happens is when you really learn. It causes self-examination, it causes you to take a look at yourself. You naturally start analyzing. It's not that you're wrong; it's that sometimes you just need to make adjustments. Change your way of thinking, change your way of doing, change your way of choosing.

I like to cook Puerto Rican food. That's what I grew up on: rice, beans, meat, some Italian-American food. I know my way around the kitchen.

No matter where I go I know where I came from.

I don't really check out other people's butts.