Do you remember we were sitting there by the water?

(Talks about her grandmother Marjorie Finlay)"She was actually a recording star in Puerto Rico when my mom was growing up. My mom was always stuck sitting backstage somewhere or sitting in a front row, watching a performance her entire childhood. She thought that when her mom stopped performing she was relieved of those duties, but all I wanted to do was sing, ever since I was born, so she's always been backstage.

I try to read as much as I can. I try to read an informative article every day. I try to stay read up on our world issues.

We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful.

People don't take you seriously if you scream, if you raise your voice, especially when you're a 19-year-old girl.

For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn't really involve me thinking about the demo-graphic of people I'm trying to hit or who I want to be able to relate to the song or what genre of music it falls under.

I think that you can love people without it being the great love.