I'm not a figurehead for anything. I was a single mom with two kids. What else was I going to do? It was either be in a band or be a waitress.

I have a very close relationship with my mom and I'm able to talk to her about anything.

If I made a list of the people I admire Mom would probably fill up half of it. She could do anything and everything.

Growing up with three older brothers and being the youngest and the only girl my mom always made me tough. She's taught me over the years how to be a strong independent woman how to carry yourself in a positive way and anything that my brothers can do I can do.

Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to my mom - but parents didn't think anything of going off for a few weeks and leaving their kids.

My mom really instilled in me that I'm beautiful and I can do anything and I echo that now with my own girls.

The problem with me is anything that's easy I will just overdo it. Especially with clothes. But I'm 14 - my mom is super-strict about that.

I got a family house for everybody to live in - my mom my sisters and I. And I made sure that it has a separate apartment downstairs for myself. Family is more important than anything. We don't come from any money. So once I get them settled in in a nice house then I'll branch out and see if I can get something else.

When I moved out of my mom's house at 18 I was almost as sad to leave her sewing machine behind as anything else.

So far I'm not surprised by anything about being a mom. It's all pretty great - but that's what I expected.