My mom was a cheerleader and had me as a teenager. I remember her giving me some pom-poms and teaching me how to do some splits when I was 3 or 4.
— Christina Milian
I know that my dad not being in my life made a huge impact on me.
Women, we're all coming together.
I have two sisters, so there is the three of us, and we're very close. We've been best friends since I pronounced it when I was ten and they were four and five.
I have to have a little bit of time to myself right before whatever it is that I have to do because most of the time I'm sitting in my head convincing myself to calm down, all right, show down.
I enjoy my fun time and everything like that but I love what I do.
My advice to someone to follow in my footsteps is to have patience. I've been doing this for twelve years.
Being in the music business is a totally different industry right there.
I like doing arts and crafts, so I would probably go to one of those fun little ceramic places and go paint some plates and do something fun like that.
When we were doing the cheerleading for this, I was excited about doing it because I always wanted to be a cheerleader. I always wanted to but I didn't get to because I was working.
I moved here to California when I was 13 to pursue my acting career.
I also have two dogs, a Chihuahua and a Yorkshire terrier, so if they like him, that's a good sign.
I did a theatrical musical, Annie Warbucks, when I was 11. We did a tour and we stopped by Los Angeles.
I am also a hard worker and people are sometimes surprised to see that as well.
There hasn't been one highlight that stands out... but touring and performing has been great.
The will to never give up and to be fearless. That's what I have.
I'm here to save someone. I really want to help other people, especially the youth.
I'm very passionate, and I care about the people that are around me.
Still, to this day I go back and listen to music that inspires me to write now.
Because I get nervous all the time. It's weird but I think it's fun and it's refreshing. It's always good to be that way. That keeps me appreciative of everything.
Even if I don't have the money to take vocal lessons, I'll practice in the house by myself singing out loud.
Well, Tommy Lee Jones is a little bit more intimidating. He's definitely a cowboy. He's from Texas.
When I meet somebody, I hang out with them, and it's all good, but I don't take it too seriously.
I would just love to do something where I'd have to train and work really hard and do one of those types of action movies, which a lot of women are doing now.
I had actually been on tour in Japan and I had my own world tour that I was doing. I was used to doing a show for an hour, so I was always learning choreography.
For one year I did go to Performing Arts School, and I had very weird friends.
I felt like a dork growing up so this is shocking.
I am not greedy, so I would gladly give a song to someone else to sing if it makes more sense.
But people who do not know me are surprised to see me as a real person I guess.
I enjoy being happy every day, and hopefully you can hear my happiness in my music. Life is beautiful.
If there's an inkling of abuse, I have to move on. Even jealousy - seems cute it first, but if they're getting in my head, it's not right for me. It's okay to be alone. It's okay to be single. The right thing will come along.
At 18, I finally came into a relationship with a record label. My family got back on its feet. I was happy.
I go in full with my heart.
When I think of the definition of cool and when I look at people, John Travolta is really the definition of cool because, not only is he great in all his movies, but, as a person, he's just really cool.
That's my fun time so, to me, doing my homework, studying on what I do, watching the movies, listening to music, all that inspires me so I focus a lot on that and practice.
The actors I would like to work with are Julia Roberts, just because I've admired her work for a long time, well Brad Pitt. I think you know my reasons.
You have to be a strong person to be in music, especially.
Even in relationships, I don't get my hopes up or anything, especially not right now because I know I'm young and I've got plenty of time later in the future.
I would love to do some kind of mystery movie, or an action flick, something with that combination.
It wasn't until I was about 17 or 18 years old that I got into music.
I was living in Maryland and my first week was dreadful. My first week I actually got into a fight at school.
Living in Maryland, I saw that the opportunities were far greater in California than back home.
Also, my mom and family are very important to me and I know that this is not expected.
I signed to Def Jam and within two months, I heard that Ja Rule was looking for someone to do a song with.
