I'm constantly being courted by labels and their backing. Obviously the market is there when you talk about the economics and the numbers, but it's hard to give up the freedom of being able to do whatever you want.

It doesn't matter the genre or type of art, if it's authentic there's an apparent beauty to it and as an artist, that's very inspiring.

It feels really great to be popular.

I wanted to put jazz on the record, all the loves of music that I had on the record, so I could show people I was ahead of my 19 years. It may have been over the heads of some people.

I don't care how small the game. I want to win.

For me able to do the records I want to do and not have to worry about this producer or that producer or that trend, I'm not really interested in that.

I decided I am not going to say things I do not mean anymore.