I guess I had what you could call an unconventional upbringing.

The less someone knows about me, the better, because my intention is to play a variety of characters.

Acting is real important to me. I love it, and it's something I care about.

That to me was really, certainly, the gateway into discovering John, ... I feel I found the speaking voice through the singing voice.

For me, I'd rather have an intense experience than not.

The expectation is this low, gravelly voice for John, but I went through his early recordings and there were songs in there where the voice was so different, I wasn't even sure if it was him singing, ... So it was interesting to me that we would see him develop the Man in Black sound. I thought it was really important that his voice change as his persona slowly solidified. The music was really the doorway into the character.

I becan acting when River was doing this TV series and they needed two kids for the show, so they got me and my little sister, Summer, to do it. After that I did some really weird guest spots with orangutans and stuff.