I have a lot of ambition.

I've always been ambitious since I was nine years old and that was never going to change.

I'm definitely not trying to be, or am, a poster child for anything so structured. But I do have my own personal faith most definitely.

Everyone related to me in my circle was from church: church friends, church school, church activities. All my friends weren't allowed to watch MTV or go to PG-13 movies or listen to the radio, so I didn't really know anything different. That's how I was raised.

With songs, I've always pledged to be honest. I write my songs because I've lived them.

But of course I love my Japanese fans and the show must go on, no matter the daily aftershocks or husband kidnappings! It's not right but it's okay

I'd never devote a whole record to heartbreak.