Jazz is not the format where I want to stay, but it really is a starting point for me.

They look at what's more important, like subjects to help with the SAT's, etc. They miss that music is vital. It offers a break from a stressful day of science and math and it's different.

I am very conscious of what I say and do when I go out because the media is quick to make that a story.

Directly after the show people might have responded better to it, but who really knows. It did what it did and while it seems like a failure to most but it was a success for me and has given me so many opportunities.

Success is like a high-rise building I'm on the first floor. There are a lot of people in the basement or the parking lot but I was lucky enough to have made it to the first floor and I'm looking to make it to the penthouse.

There is a fine line between assertiveness and being relaxed.

Jazz is not the format where I want to stay, but it really is a starting point for me.