I know when I'm getting ready to mess up, I'm going to do it full-on.

I have achieved everything through either hard work or luck.

To me, the good thing about living in L.A. is diversity in lifestyle choices, color, and religion.

Now, I love men, but I don't need to always be talking about them.

I've made peace with the fact that the things that I thought were weaknesses or flaws were just me. I like them.

You hear sounds and orchestration, it's ... the fastest way, I think, to your emotions, even if you don't understand the language of the song.

I never realized that as a woman I would be looked at as less than until I was pretty deep in this business and realized, 'Oh my God. I'm being treated this way because I'm female.