My dad said 'When you love what you do, you never work a day in your life,' and I agree with that.

I hope people half my age and twice my age will listen to my music - I want it to live forever and for my audience to feel like they have a friend in my music. Music is a spirit. It heals. It's an amazing thing to be loved and appreciated, and sometimes, music has not just been my best friend, it's been my only friend.

The rule of songwriting: say what you want to say, say it again, say it a different way, then say it again.

I'm very shy and awkward. I think the best thing is to embrace it. It's about accepting who you are and what you want to become and knowing all that you've got to work with, whether it's good or bad. My music was the only place I could be me for the longest time.

Meeting Stevie Wonder was a massive, lifetime achievement for me. He's one of the sweetest people. I sense a kindred spirit in him, and I hope he'd say the same. Actually, he did.

Crowded hallways, are the loneliest places, for outcasts and rebels,or anyone who just dares to be different.

My favorite song depends on the day, what I’m going through, what I’m feeling.