Music used to be essential and meaningful, but now it's disposable.

I was probably six years old when I first sang before an audience.

I think I've tried to stay true to my music since the beginning. It's kind of hard because of the access and technology but I just do what I do.

Being a musician, you want to be able to do the hardest stuff there is. People would think it's classical, but in classical, it's all on the page and the difficulty is keeping up with the music.

There's no substitute to being successful on an actual chart.

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