There were a lot of songs during my MCA years that I thought should have been singles but were not. You can't worry about what wasn't - I was very lucky to have as many hits as I had.
Being in UFC is a great promotion for me because I have more fans from all over Australia.
Whenever you have publicity, it's always a good thing.
I don't want my own shoe. That is something I have never wanted. If anybody is pitching that, I would say no. I feel like that is the only thing that limits me, being a signature athlete, because you have to wear your signature shoe all of the time. I don't want no parts of that.
Fighting is my career, it's what I love to do, but I am taking offers and trying to expand because the more I expand myself, the more valuable I become to promoters.
Once you're signed to a label you compromise.
Every sponsor I've had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.
In terms of TV shows, if you're a public figure, we've all been asked to do some sort of ridiculous show at some stage.
If you're not that big pay-per-view star, shut up and fight.
Any article's good. Long as it's publicity, I think that's all that matters. I think it's advancement for my career.
I thought, 'Maybe if I become a cheerleader, I can meet managers or agents. Maybe I can sing the national anthem at a game, and someone in the industry will hear me.' I saw everything as an opportunity to further my music. I was literally the cheerleader who had a mixtape in between her pom-poms at events.
All I wanted to do was to perform my music, so I never really thought about photo shoots or music video shoots or interviews. You can't anticipate those things - you just can't plan this as a job.
I've not received any major sponsorship deals or anything else.
There's a responsibility to represent female MMA that comes with being the champion, just as there's a responsibility to represent and promote the show when you coach TUF.
Anytime you can be the face of the UFC is so huge, a great honor, and I would do everything I could to keep it that way.
My job in the Tour is to get the sponsor's logo in the most prominent place.
One of the first things that I did was, I got myself a publicist as soon as 'Maria Full of Grace' premiered in July, so that I could go and meet people that I wanted to meet: the writers and the directors and the people that are doing things.
I get a lot of offers, but I'm pretty picky about what I promote.
The UFC thinks they run off their brand, but that's not true. The UFC runs off the fighters, so hopefully, these fighters take notice and how I'm going about my business.
I am in discussions with a label. We are talking about doing something.
The more fights I have in the UFC, the more people I meet, the more opportunities I have to make an impact.
We have a big fan base in Australia, but none of us have been before.
If a company is growing, then people's roles often grow and change, and opportunities abound.
The commitments, schedule and sponsor appearances don't change. It gets more busy, because you get more popular, and the more popular you are, it actually gets more busy. They're like, 'Yeah, let's use her, she's hot right now. Let's do a shoot!'
As history has shown, I don't think the UFC is in the business of doing favors for other people.
