I wanted to be the first female, young teenager producer, and it didn't happen. And when it finally did happen, I was shelved because I was signed to Warner Bros.

I used to read the criticism on blogs about other people - mostly female actresses and singers - and even when they are extremely perfect and harmless, people still go after them. So I figure, if I'm going to get negativity regardless, why do I have to worry about what somebody thinks of me?

The hardest thing as somebody who does both is - and I'm very serious as an actor, and I consider myself very serious as a musician, engineer, music artist - is learning that it's OK to be versatile.

I've always been involved with charities and things like that, but when I started communicating with the fans and hearing their stories about the lives they lead, it really made an impact on me.

In life, I have been a very lucky person; I have had a good married life, good friends, though I am not as educated as I would have liked to be.

All is amiss. Love is dying, faith's defying, heart's denying.

I do think that same gender partners should be able to be married. Why not? If you share a life together than who in the world should have anything to say about it?

Marriage, like death, is a debt we owe to nature.