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

My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.

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

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.

You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.

Look. Art knows no prejudice, art knows no boundaries, art doesn't really have judgement in it's purest form. So just go, just go.

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.