When I was young, we had these parties, and they'd make me sing in front of the family all the time.

Growing up, I wanted to be a musician. My mother, in typical Filipino-mom fashion, would always make me go up in front of people at parties to sing. Back then, as a kid, I was mortified. In retrospect, I see that doing that as a child helped me get over my fear of being in front of people.

All the women in my family are very dramatic by themselves. They make the biggest things out of nothing. I think that's where I learned a lot about being emotional.

God has definitely been good to me.

I'm just trying to do big things with my career all the time.

I like to think I'm a pretty good friend. I love having a good time, and I enjoy being able to share those good times with others.