Be in control. Know who you are. And don't try to be different just to be different.

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

I've had big record label presidents look me in the face and say, 'Your music sucks, you don't know who you are, your music is all over the place, and we don't know how to market this stuff. Pick a lane and come back to us.'

I grew up with so many different songs that the ones that are fun to play are the ones I want to do.

I could sing you a thousand and one doo-wop songs. I love the simplicity in that music. It's not super-poetic, it's just from the heart.

I feel, as a songwriter, it's one of the hardest things to do - to sit down and say how you feel.

I felt like I didn't have [any] pizzazz, and a lot of girls say I'm out of this world, so I was like I guess I'm from Mars.