We definitely set out to make a great 'radio' record. We set out to write great hooky choruses-but with verses that said something.

Health to me is an overall mind, body, and kind of spirit thing.

I'm not gonna apologize for who I am and what I've gone through.

Hopefully people will grow with me, because I'm definitely not going to be stuck in one place all my life.

I know you can't go back, so I try to do all the things other teenagers do.

I went through that stage every teenager goes through: Who am I? What am I? Where do I fit in? In my case I had to deal with newspapers saying I looked fat or tired or my hair was a mess. People always criticize: they either love you, or they don't. But you have to block that out and concentrate on the work. And I feel I am doing good work, and I'm finally getting to see who I really am.

I signed my deal when I was 11, and the success I had, no one could explain that to an adult, what's about to happen to them, much less a kid. There's not many people around who've experienced that.