You Can Have It All Without Suffering

I Love The Scrapbooks, I Have A Shelf Of Scrapbooks Fans Give Me - They're So Sweet, So Detailed!

I Was Very Dramatic As A Kid. I Loved To Entertain. I Was Taking My Bathing Suits And Painting Them Black And Putting Sparkles On Them Because I Thought I Was Going To Be On Stage.

I Feel Like There's A Moment, In Every Young Girl's Life, Whether It Happens With Your Family, Or A Tragedy Or Death In Your Family, Or A Relationship, Where There's A Turning Point Where You Go From Extremely Hopeful And Cheery To Wondering Whether You Are Okay With Where You Are. That's Always Awkward.

These Past Years Have Been Really Transitional For Me In Every Aspect - Personally, Emotionally And Professionally. I Was Excited And Nervous And Anxious Because I Literally Had Nothing To Fall Back On. This Is My Own Thing, It's All Me. I Spent A Year Working On The Record And Really Wanted To Spend Time On What It Was Going To Represent And How It Was Going To Represent Me In This Time In My Life.

I Don't Think It Was Me Getting Rid Of Any Sort Of Imagei Do Specific Things In My Career That Are Tailored For A Specific Audience. Obviously I Have A Younger Generation That Looks At Me - And I Really Appreciate That. And I Just Did An Animated Movie, So I Want To Respect That And Still Do Things That Will Earn Me That Respect. But I Also Want To Do Things That Challenge Me And Put Me Out Of My Element.