I've always been passionate about human rights in general. I think anyone who knows me can attest to that.

We know how hard we've worked, we know how our choreography makes us feel empowered. We have our voices, which are incredible and kind of surpass anything else.

When someone like me, who is in the entertainment industry, which is a huge falsity of its own, tries to talk outwardly about politics, especially as a woman, I receive a lot of 'Shut up - just sing and dance for us, you idiot.'

Having those positive friends around can really make a difference in how you view yourself. It's helped me realize that there's no such thing as having a perfect body, and just because I'm not shaped the same way as another girl is, it doesn't mean I'm not pretty. It just means that no two girls are alike.

If you love women, and you want to sing about love, don't feel the need to say 'he.' Don't feel the need to adapt to the society or the culture.

You need to accept yourself for who you are and surround yourself with a good group of girl friends that'll lift you up instead of put you down.

I am a bisexual Cuban-American woman, and I am so proud of it.

I love music; I love performance. I love everything revolving around art. But I also am really passionate about politics and human rights and science and the environment. Those are things that fascinate me.

I'm everywhere; I'm just a soul that's floating around here on earth.

I rekindled a friendship I hadn't had in a long time, and I was reminded of all the parts of me that had left. I was like, 'Wow, I love to paint and to write and to be outside.'

Read your contracts. Up and down, left and right.

I am proud to be part of a community that only projects love and education and the support of one another.

You can't use the fact that I'm bisexual against me if that's something I'm proud of.

My first kiss was in 7th grade. It grossed me out. I kind of freaked out!

My mom would walk through a fire pit for me, and I'd do the same for her.

I like any song that can tell a story that people can relate to.

My mom married a family friend, and my dad married someone that's eight years older than me, so it was just like, these - like, I literally live a country song, so I had to write one.

I got really tired of fighting who I am, and I did that for a really long time; I was trying to be this perfect girl, perfect family, perfect body, and those people aren't real.

People would say to me, 'Who do you want to be as an artist?' And I would just look at them because I didn't know.

We all have our things that we go through, and I wanted to be an artist that people could listen to and feel like they're not alone. I want to be empowering.

Self-confidence is something I've always lacked in. But finally, at some point, I just decided to be honest.

People always ask me who my role models are and who I want to be like, and I don't wanna be like anybody; I wanna be me. I look up to a lot of people, and they have had great influences on me, but I wanna be original and different.

I just feel like in society and in public, we have this unspoken expectation that we're all trying to meet. And there's so much pressure to try to fit in.

I don't think that anyone was trying to keep me from writing the first album. It's just when you're on 'American Idol' or a TV show like that, you wanna capitalize on that momentum, and you want to use that to your advantage, obviously, so the best way to do that is to get the music out as fast as possible. And there's no time to create, really.