I think a lot of the way that I try to write my stories come from watching my mom write plays and trying to do that.

The person I would trust the most is my mom. She's just really creative... She's a playwright and she's a musician.

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.

I'm not great with breathing, like holding notes. I usually don't. A lot of people wouldn't believe it, but I don't focus on technical stuff.

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.

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!"

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