Mothers always think their children are prettier than they really are, and mine has always told me I look like Tom Cruise.

I have friends who were friends of mine before I did music and they are my friends now, and we share life experiences. It's no fun unless you're sharing with people, looking out for them as they are looking out for you.

I know I'm a pop star. But sometime I'd like to be a rock star.

I am a dreamer but when I wake, you can't break my spirit, it's my dreams you take

On the song 'Dangerous,' it feels like a teenager picking up a new instrument and writing something with all of that naive excitement.

My dad was in the Army. The Army's not great pay, but, you know, we moved from Army patch to Army patch wherever that was. The Army also contributed to sending me off to boarding school.

The showbiz world has to be manipulated to make it more interesting because most people's lives are boring.