“I Don’t Want to Miss A Thing” is a hard song to perform, I was worried that I was not going to reach that significant note that is at the end of the song. Thank god, Steven loved it! He was the nicest and friendliest judge that I have met. He also invited me to chat with him whether I had free time on the Idol set.

I always make a wish at 11:11, even if its something cheesy.

Have fun. Especially while you're still young, you gotta keep the spark up. Even when things get boring, just remember to have fun.

The best part of being signed by a major label was having the support of a big company behind me and the ability to meet new artists and producers.

I think that I have grown a lot as an artist. I have been writing about my experiences of love and overcoming the struggles that I have faced in the music industry. I have so much more to tell my fans, and I know so much more about myself. It is crazy how much I have grown over these past years.

A lot of people who wanted to audition for Idol have asked me: “What should I do?” or “How to I prepare myself?” I always told them: “Just go in and believe in yourself.”

The thing that I did not like about being signed to a label was I unable to have control over what I wanted to do.