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.

If your family - just because they're blood doesn't mean that they necessarily give you the best advice.

He broke my heart, and now it's raining, just to rub it in.

I grew up in the theater, my mother is an actress, I was always around the world of acting and theater.

Some people want it all But I don't want nothing at all If it ain't you baby If I ain't got you baby Some people want diamond rings Some just want everything But everything means nothing If I ain't got you, Yeah

Wait, I'm deciding to be my own individual self. And it looks nothing like what anyone else is doing.

I acted before I sang. And I did The Cosby Show, and things like that. But the music kind of came first. And it was a part of my essence. So I knew that I would evolve into this world.