Alexis Slifer: We all had an audition back in October of '06. After callback after callback, we all - finally - made it. Our name 'The Rubyz' comes from the Proverbs 3:15 verse, "She is more precious than rubies and all things you could desire do not compare to her."

Alexis: I have had choir, but nothing besides that.

Alexis: I was definitely raised in a Christian home. My parents went to college to be in the ministry and have been youth pastors, and pastors ever since. I was four when I got saved in the pre-school room at church with my best friend.

Alexis: Proverbs 4:23: "Guard your heart above all else for it determines the course of your life." I love that one because it really tells you to stay on track. It's encouraging to me. 1 Peter 3:3-4 ("Don't be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hair styles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty from within the unfading beauty of a gentle quiet spirit, which is so precious to God") is my ALL TIME favorite because it helps me though trying to always look perfect. God loves me, not my clothes.

Cammie Hall: She was just amazing. As soon as we met her we became instantly comfortable with her, not only as an artist, but as a friend, so being in the studio with her only seemed natural. She had so many awesome ideas for how to sing things and added so much to every track. She wrote three of the ten tracks on the album, and they were some of my favorites. She really is an incredibly talented woman of God.

Cammie: Personally, I'm having a hard time keeping up with school and my extracurricular activities. That will probably be one of the things I will have to give up soon for The Rubyz. But when God closes one door, he opens another, so I just remind myself that it's all part of the process. We also all have to give a lot of time up for the group. It takes a lot of time to record, let alone all the time for choreography and videos and such. But it is all time worth spending with the girls.

Cammie: YES!! We just finished choreography for our show and we LOVED it. The dances are so much fun, with lots of energy. Our songs are ones that everyone can dance to.

Cammie: These songs just kind of fell into our lap, and we really like how they turned out. Our executive producer always lets us have a say in what songs we do, so when he presented these to us, we told him we liked them. It's also really cool when we can take a song and make it our own, or as my mom would like to call it, "Ruby-fying" the songs. "We Got The Beat" went through a really awesome transformation to become "our song." It is by far one of my favorites. And "Umbrella" turned out really nicely as well.

Cammie: This song is so much fun. It's a chance for us to talk about how kids don't have to grow up so fast, and that they should really just enjoy being the age that they are. Don't focus so much on trying to act older, but focus more on the joys that God has put in your life.

Marissa Milele: The biggest influence during making the album I would say was Chris Omartian, the record producer! He treated all of us like we were each very special. I would also say Diane Sheetz, the vocal coach. She made me feel that I can do anything vocally!

Marissa: We have become best friends! We are all pretty much brunettes with brownish (darker) color eyes, and we are all the same height!

Marissa: We have a unique sound but still fall in the same category with Miley and the Jonas Brothers but we are singing about Jesus in a cool way. We like for people to know that it's cool to be excited about God and Jesus.

Marissa: I want to be a great role model, where kids look up to me, while sending the message that with God in your life all things can happen! Praying and turning your life to him makes a huge difference in your life. Also, introducing certain kids to Christianity.

Marissa: We are starting our iShine tour in May, touring a little with Mission Six, and then hopefully touring with the Believe tour. We should be very busy and we are so excited about it! I cannot wait to perform!