I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me.

I was the front man of the choir and then when I was 12 and I was the leadsinger of my highschool groups.

I was in an a cappella group in school, so it particularly helped me keep my piano chops up.

Every artist wants some sort of feedback, because you make this music and you hope people love it and you want to hear if they love it and what they love about it, what their favorite song is, what they think the next single should be. I like to hear those things.

Some people, you know, should just go to college and do what they do and have a great job and not worry about trying to be famous as a singer. It's not for everyone.

We all must follow a different path to let our light shine, and that's what makes us so unpredictable and unique.

I think you're always policing yourself by trying to do what you think would be "cool" and accepted by other people, until you start to figure out who you really want to be. Growing up is an ongoing push-and-pull of you being yourself and you performing to what society expects you to be.