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

I just really care about what people see. I want them to know that I'm working hard for this. The artists that I look up to like, you know, Michael, Prince, James Brown. You watch them and you understand that they're paying attention to the details of their art. And they care so much about what they're wearing, about how they're moving, about how they're making the audience feel. They're not phoning it in. They're going up there to murder anybody that performs after them or performs before them. That's what I've watched my whole life and admired.

I've learned people are watching, so don't do nothing stupid.

People can hear my songs are coming from something real. I mean what I say; I'm not just writing to impress critics or young girls, or older girls. The way I talk is the way I write a song.

You know, my sister sings, my brother plays drums in my band. My whole family is a bunch of musicians.

When everything in life gets so complicated it only takes a day to change it

The confidence Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson exuded from stage, I'm a fan of.