I think the way I write is kind of naturally rhythmic. If there's anything of my own in my writing, I think that's my own thing. Like when I start a song, I almost hear the rhythm more than the melody.

Why do we love love when love seems to hate us?

If you hear a good song, it makes you hopeful like, That is out there.

After you've been away, people's expectations are like, "Well, you better have something to show for it. Tell us why you've been away so long!"

I guess when I got into my preteens, I turned about 12 and I decided to sing R&B, because I felt like one day there were some things I felt like I would want to say, that I couldn't say with gospel music.

I would just be vibing with whatever I liked the most. And then there were a couple songs that I started on my own. I would have a melody or an idea and I would take it to the studio to go through it.

Everybody is going to love me and this is not being cocky - this is just what I see.