My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me -- I'm tan, I guess.

Steve informed me his mother was Irish, which I was unaware of. All of a sudden I started looking at the boy a bit differently, and I have kept an eye on him since.

I'm actually a really good cook, and people don't believe this about me!

I do not think I reinvent myself. Wearing my hair differently or changing my style of dress is playing dress-up. I don't take it too seriously.

You really have to look inside yourself and find your own inner strength, and say, 'I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself.'

I'd rather be onstage with a pig - a duet with Jennifer Lopez and me just ain't going to happen.