My mother was always supportive.

I was looking for something and I wasn't sure what it was. [After experimenting with] certain funguses, I had a psychedelic experience where I looked up at the clouds and went, 'Oh!' I realized that we all have our own power, and that whatever I wanted to do, I had to make happen.

I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.

I don't like to look typical.

I think the difficult thing is the transition between TV competition series and going into the actual music industry. There still seems to be a slight disconnect there.

I've sung other people's music all my life.

I'm not scared at all... Of the cracks in the crystal ball.