I make sure to use both Twitter and Facebook a lot which helps me connect to the fans.

I make sure to use both Twitter and Facebook a lot which helps me connect to the fans.

I've always had a fascination with making your own music but never have been skilled enough to play the instrument, so to be able to make music without the ability was awesome.

I travel with a bunch of battery packs because I don't always have time to charge my phone at the hotel room when I'm traveling. I always change them, so I never run out of battery.

I have always been mainstream. It's so weird, because I don't see it as something negative at all. So many people see it as something negative.

My dad has always been a big Ray Charles fan, and I've grown up listening to all kinds of music.

I grew up listening to a lot of Ray Charles and '60s rock, thanks to my father, and then my brothers got me in to KISS and whatnot, so I guess that's where I got my first taste for music.