“I’m very much half-American – my mom is American. I grew up in Australia until I was 16 then I finished high school over here because I got into this performing arts high school.”

I don’t do filler songs. I don’t get them. They don’t make any sense to me. Why would I literally waste my time on a song that doesn’t hold up to the same standards as the other songs on the album? I won’t play it live.

I’m a pretty aggressive girl in general. So if there’s a boy that I like, you’re going to know how I feel. I just put it out there.

That is what Home Depot is to me, and that is the only romantic thing about it.

I want it all. I want the Pepsi endorsement. I want the arena shows. I want Times Square!

Whether or not cutting my hair was the right decision, it empowered me.

So many people have listened to my song because of it – I’m beyond grateful. It’s funny because when I met Spencer and Dustin, they were so excited to meet me, but I was like you’re the celebrities to me – they’re the ones with a video has over 10 million views.

My intent for EPs – and, really, my philosophy on my music – is that every single song has to be worth it.

The uncharted territory of the western amazon is called the mother of god.

Mothers are truly great who can do anything for you. But no one can do what a mother can for her child. That’s what makes them special.

My mum came from nothing and didn’t have many opportunities in her youth, and she blames a lot of her social inadequacies on that.

My mother was the first singer I had contact with. She sang constantly to us around the house, in church.

When I was about 8 or 9, I lived in New Jersey with my mother and we were seven deep in one bedroom and sometimes we didn’t have electricity.

I have a mother that’s very strong and family that surround me and constantly tell me they love me.

I’ve looked at pictures that my mom has of me, from when I was four years old at the turntable. I’m there, reaching up to play the records. I feel like I was bred to do what I do. I’ve been into music, and listening to music and critiquing it, my whole life.

I’m proud of being a mother, a wife, a daughter, and a sister, and a lover and a friend We’re all God’s children.