I listen to gospel music.

I care about me now. When I didn't care about me, I was, like, 'Why is this going wrong? Why is my life so bad?' But when you don't care about yourself, nobody else is going to care about you. So I learned to love myself, even if nobody else does.

'My Life' is not an autobiography. It's just music.

I believe there are certain things that God uses to get us out of a bad situation, and I believe music was one of the things he used for me.

When I was a child I didn't care about getting an education, and I didn't finish high school.

My journey continues, because I've, you know, conquered a lot. And I know how to conquer the rest.

Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That's the power music has.