Most times, your blessings are also your curses. And for me, I have this ability to express myself so clearly with pen and paper, but when it comes to expressing myself verbally, I put up a big wall.

When I'm on stage, my interaction with the audience is something that really makes me come alive. It's a feeling like no other. The energy of the crowd fuels something new inside.

I find myself to be truly primal and passionate. Everything I do comes from a primal place.

I've always been very private, maybe because I discovered my mother, who is a wonderful lady, is very emotional.

Moments are so fleeting; I want to hold on to the good ones.

The last thing I want is to walk into my house after a long day and see all the Grammys and awards. It would make me feel weird.

The desire to play has always been in me. I remember my first experience at about four or five of really dying to sing and dying to play that came from no one telling me to do so.