My personality is up and down, sassy and cheeky.

I consider myself a believer in something much bigger than myself, thank God.

I missed out on the Spice Girls. I missed out on all those big pop phenomenon and missed out even on the Madonna records. It's okay, cuz I'm playing catch-up on everything now.

At my second record label, they told me and other female artists that some of us were going on the chopping block. I was 19... and it was devastating.

The records are black boxes for me. Like, if you want to know who I am, my views, my perspective, things I love, things I hate, my convictions, my anthems. I've never let people's opinions affect the way I write.

I feel really blessed because of where I come from.

I never want to be just one thing - I want to be multidimensional.