I realize now I didn’t really want to die. I just wanted to stop the hurt and pain.

I’ve learned what Trump has taught – we need to put our best foot forward and don’t let anybody block us from anything that we wish to do or want to do.

Michael and I talk at least every two weeks. He understands why I’ve done the things I have.

When I’m ready, I plan to adopt. I still believe in family.

I think the deepest problem is between my parents and me. I just don’t know if it will ever be the same.

I knew that there was an underlying thing there that I was never really able to come face to face with. There’s a part of me that wants to always protect myself because of what I had gone through. But I learned that you have to let people in. Going to the therapist kind of helped me with that.

I would love to have a rapper on one of my songs, like Ludacris, or the ‘it’s so hot in here’ guy, Nelly.

The end of the trial and the ‘not guilty’ verdicts on all counts, clearing Michael of all charges, mean that he can now concentrate on the future and his art.

J has told me about his past. I know what happened and why. But he is the one person who made me believe in my talent and whatever happened in the past, he’s been a wonderful manager to me.

For so long, I was controlled and manipulated by other people. Whatever people think of me, I’m finally doing what I want to do.