It's always been a dream of mine to get somewhere and to have my mom and dad with me up there.

My folks have played everything from rock, disco, pop, funk, and blues. My dad has always brought and played different genres like jazz, classical, and Latin. With all this in my pocket, I feel I have a taste of everything for my influences.

It's always been a dream of mine to get somewhere and to have my mom and dad with me up there.

My parents have basically just taught me the rules of the stage and everything since I was eight.

The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.

Depth on different levels is so important to me. You look at a band like The Beatles, all their material has so much depth to it. And I want people to be able to run away with my melodies and get lost in them and take the lyrics and be able to relate to them.

If I were to categorize what I sing, I have many different influences, and a lot of them are from back in time.