“I close my eyes and I can see a better day. I close my eyes and pray”

“I close my eyes and I can see a better day. I close my eyes and pray”

“I should curl up in a ball and cry. Instead i think about everything in the whole entire world that makes me angry - There is a lot, oh, there is a lot - and I start singing Justin Bieber at the top of my lungs.”

“I close my eyes and I can see a better day. I close my eyes and pray”

“My spiritual high naturally dissipated. At some point you've got to come out of the clouds and live real life. Again, it's just like falling in love. The feeling of euphoria is only temporary.”

“Oh my God ... YOU are real.Oh my God ... You ARE real.OH MY GOD ... You are REAL!Oh my God ... You're really real!”

“We're trying to set up a movie for me in the near future. It's going to be similar to the story of how I got discovered. Kinda like my own version of '8 Mile.'”

“I got a bright future ahead of me.”

“I grew up in a really small town with not a lot of money, and I liked singing, but it was just something that was a hobby.”

“I'm looking forward to influencing others in a positive way. My message is you can do anything if you just put your mind to it.”

“Of course, I think that people are just waiting for that time when I make a mistake and they're gonna jump on it.... There's gonna be haters.”

“I started singing about three years ago, I entered a local singing competition called Stratford Idol. The other people in the competition had been taking singing lessons and had vocal coaches. I wasn't taking it too seriously at the time, I would just sing around the house. I was only 12 and I got second place.”