I knew since I was little that I wanted to sing. I didn't know how to do it and I wasn't very conscious of everything my family represented. But I wanted to sing. My mother told me a story. I don't remember much of it. I was 5 or 6 years old at a school festival with about 150, 200 people. It was a talent contest, and I was the youngest. The other girls, it was all girls, were between 9 and 12. I started to sing, and my mom says the track cut off. I immediately, and I have no idea where I got this from, started with, "Clap your hands! Come on! Sing with me!" And I kept singing. In that moment, I was doing my show. Everyone was tickled. My mom says she always knew I was going to sing but, right there, in that moment, is when she knew for sure.
