I like the way my heart beats, I like the way I think; I don't need or want anything to change that.

I always wanted to work with Michael Jackson. His music will live forever and with technology nowadays... maybe I could.

If I don't laugh at least 20 times a day - it hasn't been a good day.

I definitely think it [the key to maintain success] is a number of things. It's having the right people behind you. It's having the right work ethic. It's having the right mind-set. And it's also a little bit of luck.

My goals are to tell meaningful stories through songs and touch people's lives... and hopefully make a living doing it.

'Sparkle' fell into my lap. I had heard a little bit about it, that it was being redone in early 2011. I was just kind of like, 'Oh, that would be really cool,' and not really thinking too much about it, and then it came through my agency. I read it, I fell in love with the script and I went in to audition.

'Lizzie McGuire' was my big thing when I was younger. I did buy some pencils and back-to-school stuff of hers because she was on it. I loved her.