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My father was not really involved and my mom is the light in my life.

The real estate agent had to go door-to-door in the apartment building we wanted to rent, asking if it was OK for this interracial family - my mom is white and I was a 1-year-old half-African kid - to live in the apartment building.

My dad never blew anything up, but he probably had friends who did. He and my mom have always preached that the pen is mightier than a Molotov cocktail.

I grabbed my mom and I went to the couch and I said, Mom I want to ask Jesus to come into my heart. And I got on my knee and I asked Jesus to come into my heart, forgive me of my sins, and make me a child of God.

My mom used to make everything. She had a great garden and composted and made everything from scratch - peanut butter, bread, jelly, everything. I do not know how she did it because all those things take time and love and labour. I only do half the stuff she does - but there is still time.

I am a mom, so I have to be comfortable. Jeans are a staple - I have way too many in my closet! It is warm in Florida, so I wear jeans and a tank top every day. I love my True Religions, my Rich and Skinny, and Citizens of Humanity. But I also love getting dressed up!

Mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actully raising children, her younger brother and younger sister. She was tough as nails and did not suffer fools at all. And the truth was she could not afford to. She spoke the truth, bluntly, directly, and without much varnish. I am her son.

I did not understand that I could sing until I was like 11 or 12. My mom heard me singing around the house and she said, What are you doing? You really can sing! So then I started going to school and singing to the girls.

My mom being a psychotherapist, I have been brought up with that whole psychoanalytical terrain.

I think the real heroic teachers are the ones who work with kids, like my mom and my sister do.

I probably have an earlier curfew than anyone. My mom wants to keep me really safe and my dad's not overly protective, but he is a dad no matter what.

People always accuse me of being motivational in a way, like it was a bad thing, but that is just how I was raised. My mom raised me in a positive environment, with lots of love in my heart, and that reflects in my music.

My mom used to say that I became a fighter and a scrapper and a tough guy to protect who I am at my core.

My mom knows when something is real and something is not.

I have never had a very closely connected family. My parents split up when I was young and I was living with my mom for a little while, then I was kind of just on my own really young. It was not some kind of global tragedy, it was just never really a very close-knit family. So there was support in the sense that they did not stand in my way.

I just go about my life. I am a mom, I drive an SUV, I go to the grocery store every day. I am definitely not a celebrity. I always say that I am a celebrity-adjacent.

Fact: The new 90210 is cooler than the old 90210. It is the lithe, streamlined Skipper to the elder series venerable Barbie. Gone are the traditional parents - they've been replaced by a hipster mom n pop who get busted necking in the car.

I make a lot of mistakes, too, and I am constantly re-evaluating how I am doing things and trying to be better every day, whether it is as a mom or taking care of myself.

Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They do not tell their real parents about that - you do not want to tell Mom and Dad. Kids lead a very private life. And I was a typical child, I think. I was a liar.

Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They do not tell their real parents about that - you do not want to tell Mom and Dad.