I was always the front man for what I was doing from when I was 6.

There's so much music out there, and so many different styles that I've been influenced by, so each album reflects some of that knowledge or influence that I've had.

My family is very musical, I was surrounded by it. And from four years old I was the one that asked my mother could I take piano lessons... It wasn't forced on me. It was something I wanted to do. And ever since, I've never stopped, I've never stopped playing music. I never went through a period where I didn't want to do it.

Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure.

I was a busy kid in high school - a little bit of an overachiever, I guess. Prom king was kind of silly, but the rest of the stuff was important to me.

Experience is a great teacher.

If a relationship is going to work, it will require compromise and, even then, it is not always going to end the way you want it to.