"My first defining moment I would have to say was the reality show," Cole told the BoomBox. "It helped me, of course, define myself. It helped a lot with my audience to be able to get to know me. So it was very helpful in every aspect that I can even think of. It helped me grow into the woman that I am today."
"I'm always singing, I'm always writing, I'm always performing, the ball never stops for me," says the R&B starlet. "A Keyshia Cole album comes together with thoughts, different things I've been through, different things I've seen, family members, experience [and] being honest about what I've learned in that time frame of my life," she says.