Mya

“There's absolutely no soda in my diet. Lots of fruits and vegetables, and I stay away from fried foods.”

“My family thinks I'm crazy and weird.”

“I don't pay attention to definitions or titles or try to fit within them.”

“I've always been the girl with a go-getter attitude.”

“I have a lot of scripts that come my way, and some of them take a bit longer to read than others. There are a lot of things that I have to pass on because I'm just not into it, and sometimes the story is slightly forced.”

“I grew up with brothers in real life.”

“To take a whole load for a whole album on yourself is very challenging and kind of hard to execute when you don't have a reputation as a producer. If you do it for fun, you get a good outcome.”

“I gravitate toward people with a big, sane, sound mind and big heart with a soft spot for elders, children, and animals.”

“High expectations are really intimidating.”

“I was vegetarian before. I got into a relationship that didn't work out for several reasons, and I went back to my vegetarian ways after the relationship to shed the weight that I had gained, as that can often happen.”

“I do quite well for myself, but I live a simple life.”

“Tomorrow's not promised. You may love someone; you may have a grudge because of something that they did to you, and it was unfair, but life's not fair. Life is very short, so clean up your grudges. Let's not hold them.”

“I didn't really get sidetracked into being a singer. It was just something I started to do for fun in school, like singing the national anthem.”

“I'm not wearing leather shoes, and I have not worn furs since a long time ago. I have to be very conscious when I'm making decisions and saying I'm vegan because I have to be about it all the way.”

“I definitely learned that when I want something done, I'm very tunnel-visioned out. I don't come out of the house. I beat myself up. I don't eat. I don't sleep until it's done, especially if I have a deadline in mind.”

“As teenagers, we go through social, emotional and physical changes... and sometimes, to feel comfortable, we end up doing things that are not true to who we are just to fit in and feel loved.”

“Life is too short to talk about the small, unimportant things when you catch the bigger picture.”

“What always draws me back to the Caribbean vibes are the upbeat vibrations of welcoming melodies and positive energy exchange through the rhythms that make you feel like dancing with someone.”

“Trying to please so many people can definitely cause a lot of stress.”

“Hope is everything. Once you've lost that, you don't really have much.”