As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Mahalia Jackson. It was truly spiritual. It made you understand what God was. We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life.

Negative words are powerful boomerangs so be careful what you say about people and yourself.

For the first time in my life, I'm proud of myself

We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life.

I didn't never have to go to a therapist. I just always put it in a song and you heard me.

I like what I see when I'm looking at me when I'm walking past the mirror.

So as long as I'm a human being and I'm not perfect, I'm able to say I'm having some growing pains. Because in order to sustain where you are once you made such a breakthrough that everyone is looking at you, now everyone is like, 'Ooh, is she gonna make a mistake?' Yes, I'm going to make a mistake. Yes, I'm still gonna do things.