I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.

When you’re young you just run, but you come back to what you need.

Appreciate what you have while you have it.

I've wanted one thing in my life. I don't want to be that girl that gets that one thing then complains.

When I get to tell a story through music videos or TV, it's all about finding the story that I want to tell, so I'm definitely open to acting roles, it just depends on the story.

(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.

It is possible for a woman to be a romantic, but also to be single and to be happy.