I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself.

Basically, I started singing when I started talking. Music has just been my saving grace my whole life.

The best part of making music, for me, is collaborating and working with new people and fresh sounds and all those things that get people excited to continue in this business that we all love so much.

Stay triumphant, keep on living. Stay on your toes, get off the ropes. Don't let 'em ever count you out.

Something in your eyes captured my soul, and every night I see you in my dreams. You're all I know. I can't let go.

I always felt like the rug could be pulled out from under me at anytime. And coming from a racially mixed background, I always felt like I didn't really fit in anywhere.