We're in a period where society seems very attracted to flash, and that seeps into people's musical taste.

I never, my producer never, we never let myself just sing. We were always trying to get the perfect vocal.

I started singing when I was five. I grew up the youngest of four kids who all studied classical piano, so you could say I've been listening to music ever since the moment of conception.

It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.

I'm a singer and as long as I can sing - which, thank God, is something that I still seem to be able to do - I'd like to carry on making records.

I often say fame is kind of like a drug or like sugar: when it's controlling you it doesn't feel good at all.

We're in a period where society seems very attracted to flash, and that seeps into people's musical taste.