My son is not a public figure to me, he is my son. I can't predict what's going to be in the headlines. Justin has always been someone who has to do things his way. And I have to be able to believe he will do the right thing and he will come out on top.

When you hit rock bottom, you have nowhere to go but up.

When you get knocked down you get knocked down in Round 1 of life, there's Round 2.

My spiritual high naturally dissipated. At some point you've got to come out of the clouds and live real life. Again, it's just like falling in love. The feeling of euphoria is only temporary.

It's hard to be vulnerable in front of the whole world because everyone's a critic.

My dad abandoned me when I was about two years old. So, he wasn't around to protect me the way I needed to be protected. I started getting sexually abused from the time I was about five years old to the time I was ten. It really messed with my sense of self worth and my sense of all that was good with the world, almost.

I think it's hard for any parent to see anything negative said or done against your child and, when you can't directly do something about it, it's hard.