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

You can't get around pain and opposition, but you can try to be joyful in the trial, and thank yourself for the trial, and thank God for the strength to get through it.

I wouldn't adopt, but what I will do is give my time and go and try to be there for people.

That's the message I want to give to every up-and-coming artist: Do everything that is going to help you later. If you clone somebody else, that's all they're gonna keep wanting from you.

I just want fans to walk away knowing that no matter what's going on, no matter how happy you are, no matter how sad you are, we did it. We're strong in this. We've come a long way, and life is not just one thing.

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.

The music business is not a good place for people who don't know things.