Everyone in my family can sing - my momma can sing, my cousins. I was in the third grade and I was that kid who was so bad in school because I could sing.

I did a lot of songs that I sold, but then they never came out and I never got paid for it. You learn real fast that the music industry, in the beginning, you're not going to get paid for a while, and then you start getting the accolades.

I've done so much songwriting and I know how to do it.

My songs are my hookers. I can't worry about how they are going to be treated; they just need to bring home the bacon.

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

The mall is good for hearing new music because you hear music everywhere. I like to walk around the mall and hear what the kids are listening to, or what's the feel of Middle America, cause that's what the mall is.

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