“Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach.”

You have to enjoy your job; you should wake up every day and love what you do… I honestly do… From the bottom of my heart to the depths of my soul. I’m truly happy.

There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.

There is a bit of acting involved when you get in front of a camera for a video. Even when you perform onstage, you’re putting on a show.

There are certain things I want to keep to me. I don’t discuss my private life.

I’m a survivor and I can handle anything. I’m very confident about that.

That’s why I work every day. Ev-er-y day. I want to knock people out.

I wanna be the best at what I do. I wanna sing, I wanna dance, I wanna act. That’s about it.

It’s really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.

I stay true to myself and my style, and I am always pushing myself to be aware of that and be original.

In film, you are a totally different person than in the video.

I have the time needed to support the album and tour.

If at first you don’t succeed. You can dust it off and try again. Dust yourself off and try again.

I see myself as sexy. If you are comfortable with it, it can be very classy and appealing.

Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don’t think it’s going to be easy. It’s hard!

It’s been so long and I’m lost without you, what am I gonna do? I been needin’ you, wantin’ you, wonderin’ if you’re the same and who’s been with you. Is your heart still mine? I wanna cry sometimes … I miss you.

I’ve been singing all my life. I’ve always wanted this. I sang in church, in school plays, and my parents gave me vocal lessons. My parents always said this was destined for me.

As it must not, so genius cannot be lawless; for it is even that constitutes its genius – the power of acting creatively under laws of its own origination.

My first inspiration for acting came from the first episode of ‘Hannah Montana.’ That’s when I knew I wanted to be a singer and an actress.

I was acting with all my childhood heroes: Meryl Streep, Saoirse Ronan, all of those amazing women.

We need to practice acting in spite of fear, in spite of doubt, in spite of worry, in spite of uncertainty, in spite of inconvenience, in spite of discomfort, and even to practice acting when we’re not in the mood to act.

Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask.

If you want to be an actor and you love acting, you can do it whether you’re doing something else or not.

For many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle.

My first acting job happened by accident when I was really young.