I think you learn more about yourself in the context of a relationship than you can outside of it.

I sing my life. It's like I'm having group therapy 350 days a year, and the people who come to the show get that, and they're there for that - whether it's to be lifted up, or to be lifted out, or just entertained or inspired, or to feel not so alone.

I get a lot of flak for it... people saying [my body] is not normal for a girl... But I'm okay with it. I think it's because I was a gymnast for eight years, from ages four to 12. My body was made before my bones were fully grown. Gymnasts are short, stocky, muscular powerhouses.

If God is the DJ, then Life is the dance floor; Love is the rhythm and You are the music.

I've always loved to prove people wrong. I want to be able to cross color lines, because in music, there really is no barrier.

It takes a lot of people years to turn a negative into a positive. It takes me, like, an album.

For the first few years we paid all the bills first and divided what was left as salary. Sometimes that was $50 a week.