Christina Perri — American Musician born on August 19, 1986,

Christina Judith Perri is an American singer and songwriter from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Her debut single "Jar of Hearts" charted after it was featured on the Fox television show So You Think You Can Dance in 2010. The single went on to sell over 3 million copies in the United States and was a hit around the world. In the UK, it reached number three on the charts and spent over 3 months in the UK Top 40. A few months later, Perri released her first extended play, The Ocean Way Sessions... (wikipedia)

You need to love yourself and be yourself one hundred percent before you can actually love someone else.
Music has been my everything since day one. It's been my shoulder to cry on, my rock and my best friend.
My earliest memories as a child are listening to Beatles records, and they are a big part of how I've learned to write pop songs.
Everything around me inspires and influences me. Mainly love - falling in it, losing it, loving it and hating it.
Yes, my first memory of singing, in general, was of a Christmas song. And then listening to Christmas music was really the first music I was ever connected to.