28 Quotes by Manika

I have always been involved in my school's music program.

My iPod will shuffle from rap to pop to rock to classical ... It gets confusing!

It's really important to me that my sound is a combination of beats and melody. I love hearing strong, confident beats in music because I love to dance. At the same time, melody is really important to me because I love singing.

I always have melodies flowing in my head - whether I'm just at home, at the mall, at a restaurant or wherever. I'm always humming along to the random melodies that form in my head. My friends always ask me, 'What are you singing?' and I'll be like, 'I don't know!'

My book 'The Exciting Adventures of Boo' was first published when I was fifteen. It is a children's book with ten different stories. In each story, the main character Boo learns a lesson - one of the ten most important lessons I learned as a kid. I also donated all the money from my books I personally sold to my local ASPCA Animal Shelter.

I know it's a guy thing to chest bump, but me and my dancers chest bump before hitting the stage. Not too hard though...ouch!

When I'm on stage, it's like a different world ... me connecting with the audience. It's a surreal experience.

I am pop, but like to shake things up a bit - funky things people wouldn't expect.

I just love to dance. Pretty much every night, I'll just turn on the radio in my room and dance like crazy.