It's believing you can push through the exhaustion just to be able to sing after you do a cartwheel or a split.

I cried when I found out I was a finalist, I kind of went limp when they called my name. I felt like my spirit jumped out of my body, and I was just flesh - it was just amazing.

I couldn't imagine having to write a paper and have to think about what song I am going to sing.

No matter what as an artist that's always what you want to do, you want to connect to the audience, you want to be able to send whatever message it is that you're singing about, you want to be able to convey that - and not make them feel - you want them to feel it, you want them to feel what you feel.

I prefer to sing in the shower because the acoustics make you sound great, baby.

It's believing you can push through the exhaustion just to be able to sing after you do a cartwheel or a split.

If my life was a song the title would be 'Naima'.