I'm learning to stop being scared.

I think Beyonce working to really empower and show the grace and beauty and intelligence in young black women is really beautiful.

I'm very inspired by outer space.

The first song I ever performed in front of an audience was 'Make It Shine' by Victoria Justice.

Director Jai Krishna is an optimist who has a never-say-die attitude. He has impressed me thoroughly with his faith in the industry. Not many are aware of the fact that this man had to wait for almost 30 years in this industry to direct 'Vanmam,' his first film.

Even before 'The OA,' I was a very spiritual person.

I really wanted to do something positive on the Internet. I wanted to try to get young people talking about, thinking about, life's big questions-make it cool and OK to wonder about the heart, the soul and free will and God and death and big topics like that, big human topics.

Freedom requires religion just as religion requires freedom. Freedom opens the windows of the soul so that man can discover his most profound beliefs and commune with God. Freedom and religion endure together, or perish alone.