I would get in fights a lot. My voice was so heavy, kids would say you sound like a boy, so I would start beating them up.

If I wasn't my age, I would turn a flip. I would do some cartwheels. That's how I feel.

I have fun just about everywhere I go.

I'm singing these songs to inspire you, to keep you going, to lift you up and give you a reason to get up in the morning

One day, when I was about eight years old, some kids pushed me on stage at school during a talent show because they knew I could sing.

I started writing letters home to my mother, saying that I wanted to come home, grandma won't let me sing.

There is a great feeling in a small venue, with the closeness of the people and the intimacy.