I'm not vain, I'm insecure.

My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I guess.

I really haven't paid attention to Madonna since about like 7th or 8th grade when she used to be popular

We have to go through certain things in order to appreciate life and learn lessons.

Basically, I started singing when I started talking. Music has just been my saving grace my whole life.

The best part of making music, for me, is collaborating and working with new people and fresh sounds and all those things that get people excited to continue in this business that we all love so much.

It's hard to be someone that people talk about and write about, you know? They don't know me.