Just because as human beings, what we can't have is what we reply in our head over and over again before we go to sleep.

I feel like my dating life has become a national pastime, and Im not comfortable providing that entertainment anymore.

I've never felt like there's just one way to be beautiful. Tall or short, straight hair or curly, it doesn't matter.

(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.

Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for. It’s my opinion that music should not be free, and my prediction is that individual artists and their labels will someday decide what an album’s price point is. I hope they don’t underestimate themselves or undervalue their art.

I've always just wished that maybe someday people would care about the words that I wrote.

There are no rules when it comes to love. I just try to let love surprise me because you never know who you’re going to fall in love with.