I wanted my first film to be something where I was surrounded by an amazing cast. I wanted to do something that was completely unexpected, totally out of the box, something that would blow people's minds, that the last thing on the planet earth they would ever think I would do would be it.

The climate of today is not really focused as much as it was then on being able to speak about different cultural issues or different situations that were going on politically.

So we come together before you on this day, March 30th, 2015, with one voice in unity in the hopes that today will be another one of those moments in time, a moment that will forever change the course of music history.

Your life can become the background for the art you create.

Simplicity makes me happy.

With each new day, I'm learning how to take control in order to have balance in my life. I plan time for myself and my loved ones and take it.

Adam Levine and I remade the Rolling Stones' classic Wild Horses, and it is right up my alley, that whole style. It has a style of its own but still stays very true to the classic arrangement, and I love it.