In normal life people say, 'You're so different than on stage!' Offstage I'm down to earth, simple and a very goofy girl... I like to make goofy faces, be dorky and not take things too seriously. I just love to laugh.

A lot of songs are empowering because everybody who has been through a hard time in a relationship or in their lives can relate to it.

I was a very quiet, shy child. I grew up in a small town, Louisville, Kentucky, and there weren't too many Hawaiian-Filipino girls, so I stuck out like a sore thumb. I didn't look like everyone else and didn't feel I belonged... But these things only build character and make you stronger. It taught me to grow into the woman I was to become.

Music is my passion - it's what I love and it's in my blood. You can never take me away from my work.

It takes time to really understand your body shape and it's taken me years to know what I can and can't pull off.

It’s important to be fearless yet vulnerable. It takes courage to do both.

I've always had a fighter's spark in me. I was born with it. I think it's in my blood.