Simplicity makes me happy.

Be driven, be focused, but enjoy every moment, because it only happens once.

Not having all the information can make me feel vulnerable.

When I did get signed and I was going around letting people know what I was about, that's exactly how I did it: me on the piano, playing a couple of songs I'd written and talking to the people in between. That's how I got my performance chops up.

Soul music is timeless.

From the beginning, I've had to juggle and weigh the silly things people say - and I've learnt that they're meaningless, and they're mostly inaccurate. So I don't worry about it, because there's nothin' for me to deal with.

When I had nothing else, I had my mother and the piano. And you know what? They were all I needed.