My dad still calls me and makes sure I'm taking my vitamins.

Whitney Houston's voice was the very first voice I fell in love with. She was the voice that made me want to become a singer.

Bob Marley is one of the most recognized artists. He didn't care to be defined. People wondered, 'Is it reggae? Is it rock?' But at the end of the day they were still playing his music and that's what matters.

My parents leaving a third world country to a first world country and building from nothing - that's really inspiring to me and it's influenced me in a positive way.

I'm a young girl with an old soul. I wanted to fuse the two together, the past and the present.

I feel like shoes are one of those things that no matter how conservative or how outrageous you get, a good pair of shoes is going to last you a lifetime.