Janis Joplin is definitely one of my biggest influences. She taught me how to feel music, and I don't think there's anyone like her that could bring such pain and emotion to a song.

There comes a time in every life we find the heart we're looking for.

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

What people don’t understand is that it wasn’t about Dean or Eddie, it was about whether or not I was in the right place.

I will love you all my life and when I die I will still love you through eternity and beyond.

The world when I was 13 wasn't truly driven by tabloid magazines and social media and reality shows. I was able to have a little more of a private life.

I believe in equality for everyone. I believe everyone should have the right to love and commit to whomever they want. [...] All I know is that in God's eyes we are all the same. I just wish we could see through the eyes of God more often.