I think it's important to have a happy parent.

I have great genes. Thank you to my mom and dad for that one.

Having felt people's love and support first hand through difficult moments in my life makes me feel it's our responsibility to help one another.

I was going to be a doctor, but I think my music allowed me to help more people than I could have done one-on-one as a psychologist. Just like other people's music really helped me.

Sometimes parents, when they have a lot of small children, it's hard because your time's got to get divvied up. There's no other way.

The reason I’m not more political is because I have music. And from a young age, I needed it. After prison, my father came to America, joined the Army, fought in Vietnam - and was exposed to Agent Orange. He died a slow, horrible death. Music was my escape.

Because it's one thing when you - oh, I love this tune. But then when you go to sing it, it's got to have something really personal. Then down to 25, and then to pick the final ones I just picked the ones that were more personal, that had something to do with my life.