I've always believed there is a better place somewhere. I feel like I'm E.T. and I'm just passing through.

I was the overweight kid who didn't have a boyfriend. I listened to other people say, 'You're ugly, you're fat, you're stupid,' and I believed it.

I was a single mother, and my boys were babies. I sold my body for food, money, and Pampers.

Inside of me, it was like my soul and what I had to do to feed my family was always split. I was writing lyrics while I was supposed to be working. I'd look up, and there's my supervisor.