By the age of 16, I had performed more than 500 shows andHow Do I Live had been a huge hit. I was exhausted in a whirlwind of success. I’d started on stage when I was five, so by the time I signed my record deal at 11, it was already something I’d been working towards for years. I don’t think I realised how odd my childhood was until my stepsons came into my life when they were two and six. When the oldest turned 11, it finally hit me.
My parents divorced when I was 14, and by 16 I was in a I was very gutsy. I wanted my freedom. So much of my life to that point had been living up to everybody else’s expectations or dictated to me. So that was a moment where I started to want to take back my life for myself. Even if I totally screwed it up, I wanted it to be on my terms.
