I'm a songwriter who just wants to bring people great songs.

I feel like writing songs is cheating on acting. It's weird.

I wasn't comfortable on stage for years. It was good - 18 shows. I want to do it again.

I had so many beliefs against being a singer or what it takes. There was a lot of pain associated with that. The rejection of it all. I lived in a rejection state of mind. Not because of my voice; the mike never rejected me. It was harboring all those bad memories of being broke. It teaches you your worth. Nothing good comes from that.

I try to reach for the stars because if you say you want something small and it happens, you don't believe it. So I try to say something wild and crazy.

Rhianna don't want you to give her what you think that she wants. She needs you to give her something that's fresh. So you have to bend your voice and bend your personality and bend the music to make sure it sounds like it's new to everybody.

I'm not looking to be an artist to make money. I'm looking to be an artist.