To write a song you must have an imagination, to have an imagination you must be free.

We all grew up idolizing another musician. That's how this works. That's how music is created.

What I'm hoping is that every album I'm going to do will give my audience something different, and that they'll grow as I do.

Any young, aspiring musicians out there, if music is what you want to do, if music is what you love and your passion. It doesn't take a fragrance, it's not about the tabloids, it's about you putting in the work, practicing every day, practicing your vocals, practicing your instrument, practicing songwriting. Hopefully one day you write the song the whole world wants to get down to. I promise you, if you go out there and sing and you put your heart and soul into it and you follow your dream, one day you're going to be sitting next to Ellen DeGeneres talking about how you broke records and rocked the Super Bowl.

You're amazing, just the way you are.

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do.

Oh every time I close my eyes I see my name in shining lights