Even in high school I'd tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn't too happy. She'd say 'Think about this.' And I'd always end up getting back in the pool.

My mom is very confident and she was always a role model of mine.

The 'believe' tattoo is because my mom always told me to believe.

I always knew I wanted kids but when my mom passed away I was like 'I want a bunch of kids. I want three kids or four kids and I want to have that relationship again.' I can't bring my mom back but I can have children.

My mom always says I cut my teeth on the church pew.

I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised.

My parents are wonderful and I'm really lucky - but my mom has always been almost exclusively a right-brained person. She goes completely on her feelings of things on her intuition and so she instilled that in my brothers and I.

I just go about my life. I'm a mom I drive an SUV I go to the grocery store every day. I'm definitely not a celebrity. I always say that I'm a celebrity-adjacent.

People always accuse me of being motivational in a way like it was a bad thing but that's just how I was raised. My mom raised me in a positive environment with lots of love in my heart and that reflects in my music.

And the greatest lesson that mom ever taught me though was this one. She told me there would be times in your life when you have to choose between being loved and being respected. Now she said to always pick being respected.