I feel like, at the end of the day, I always would try to make music that I wanted to listen to: stuff that I liked and wanted to hear.
I think, in general, more women need to be involved in music and in the industry - that's been an issue.
I was in my first movie when I was five. I just loved to entertain and put on a show.
Because everybody always encouraged me to sing, I assumed that I wasn't bad at it. It felt like it was obvious what I was going to pursue. I thought I was good for as long as I can remember.
I love to act and put on a show, but you're playing a character all the time. For music, it's really just me being myself.
I was in a competing company and have been dancing since I was four - ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop - so it's a huge part of my life and my music.
If you're a creative person, what inspires you is always changing; it's always shifting.
I'm always about having integrity with my fans and staying true to what I say.
The priority for me is just to make music that people can connect with. I want to make something fresh that people may not understand.
For most artists, you take what you have and who you are, and then you expand on it to make it more entertaining. Everyone knows actors aren't the same people that they play in movies, but people somehow expect musicians to be a certain way all the time!
I'm the kind of person who doesn't wait for opportunities to fall from the sky.
Dance has always just been an extension of music for me. It's about putting my music into motion. It's just another dimension that I tap into with my music that not many artists do anymore.
I really love 'Pocahontas.' Today I was watching 'Aladdin.' It's a classic; you can't beat it.
We are so caught up in our media, in our jobs, in our gossip, and in our consuming that we genuinely feel like we don't have the time or energy to bother ourselves with the tribulations of nations near and far.
There was never really a Plan B for me - I always wanted to be a music artist.
