I think the Grammy is like the award, you know.
I needed to explore my talent and versatility and see if I had another side to me, another sound.
I think it's really finding that belief in yourself, where you just have it no matter what's going on, no matter what anyone else says. I think that's the challenge, is to really have that belief in yourself.
I think creativity becomes really beautiful and magical when you allow it to do what it's needing you to do.
I take conscious breaks for myself 'cause I like to rejuvenate and get my creative juices flowing. I also like to take my time with my creativity; I think it's important.
I knew I had to make a sacrifice to do what I've always wanted to do.
I just want to continue to do comedy. Comedy, I'm discovering, is my niche. It's what I'm born to do, so I would love to have my own sitcom one day in the future.
I just feel my sexuality is private. I'm very shy about being sexy. That part of me has been so closed to the public eye. I've sold millions of records with my clothes on.
I have so much to talk about. I have so much to share. There are so many different emotions going on inside of me right now.
I have so much more to go through as a young lady. But oh my God. I feel like I can do anything.
I go to McDonald's every day. But I don't eat much.
I feel like I needed a balance. I don't want to forget about my personal life and spending time with myself.
I don't know how I feel right now.
I don't get into the favorite songs thing, because so many speak to different parts of my life, but the music in the '90s is just unbeatable.
I definitely felt like I needed a break, because when you do so much, you're not able to appreciate the things that you accomplish.
I cried, I was so overwhelmed to meet Michael Jackson.
I certainly didn't want to date. I was through with guys.
Even though designing your own show, that's great, I am nothing without the support around me.
And I'm looking at him like, 'Oh my God. This is Michael Jackson'. I fainted, blacked out - like seriously blacked out.
All my favorite stars, my family and my friends are here. I'm having the happiest birthday that an 18-year-old girl could ever have.
All I could think about was, 'I just wanna blow him away. I wanna make him proud, because I really wanna sign with Timbaland and spend the rest of my career making music with Tim.'
'America's Got Talent' has really opened a lot of doors for me. I want to do a lot more TV.
I don't know where to find a good guy. I just think that they're around and I think you have to be good and at some point you'll attract that. I really believe that. First, people should stop looking. The looking thing does not work. Just let love find you.
I feel there's so much purpose that's left in me to share with people and I'm just ready to use my gift in the right way because I know I have a gift and it's unique and different than anybody else's. I'm supposed to do something with it and I'm happy that I know that now.
I love music. That's my first love. I'm actually going to start working on that full-time very soon, but I love acting as well. It satisfies a different part of who I am. I love to pretend, to imagine, try new things, work with different people, and just see how far I can go.
I think different struggles in life, not knowing how to deal with certain things that have happened in my life made me doubt myself. Painful moments in your life can cause you to go into a state of depression where you don't believe that you deserve anything good in your life. You forget what you were created for. But after a while I just got tired of feeling like that.
