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" Seeing my mother become very strong and very independent had a huge impact on me. "

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" The person I eventually find will have to like me and my style. "

" When something is so hot, I don't want to just jump on it right away. I want to take it home and make sure I give it my best shot. "

" No, because I don't want to hear what's hot and feel I have to copy it. I'll just make up my own thing. "

" My father was very abusive, and it was hard for my mother at first to leave because we had depended on him for so long. Sometimes you kind of get adjusted to getting that beating. "

" I got to feel like what I'm giving the fans is 100 percent and that it's game-changing. "

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" I guess my friends probably think I'm one of the lamest when it comes to doing stuff. "

" Things happen in your life, and then you can write something else instead of the same three topics - like, how many times can we write about the clubs? "

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" I'm blessed to be living this dream of writing and singing, but that's not the real dream I had. The real dream was to make enough money to take care of all the pain and suffering that my mother has been through. "

" The reason I stay home more is because I realise that my blood pressure started going up. "

" I try not to be cruel to people. I know there's a karma, and I'm constantly thinking of my blessings. I live and die by being a Baptist. If I can't go to church on a Sunday, I'll get a tape by the Clark Sisters and slide it in for the day. "

" My Struggles is a record close to me. It's about what I went through at home living with an abusive father. "

" Music is a male-dominated field. Women are not always taken as seriously as we should be, so sometimes we have to put our foot down. "

" I want to dip my foot in some acting. And most definitely want to mentor upcoming artists and give them the wisdom that was given to me. "

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" When I first started in the business, I spent so much! Staying in a Trump Hotel for two years, spending eight Gs a month just living. "

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