I would take it to heart if people were mad about something my character did.

So many people didn’t want to touch the project with a 10-foot pole. Literally, I had people laughing and saying, ‘You’re making an album? Good luck.’ … But if you sit down and talk music with me for 10 minutes, you know that’s my passion.

I’ve never really talked about this, but I would go days without eating. Or maybe I’d have some fruit and then go to the gym for three hours. I knew I had a problem…It was a gradual process but I changed myself.

When I dress up for events, I prefer Marc Jacobs and Dior. But I dream about wearing Chanel one day.

My favorite toy growing up was Polly Pocket. But one gift that I wanted though never received for Christmas was a pair of trampoline moon shoes. You strap them to your feet and they have springs on them, and you can just jump around!

The image you see of me out in public is really different from who I am in real life.

I just love the thrill of performing on stage. I believe that singing is something I was put here to do.