I didn't grow up with my dad so I don't know much at all about my heritage.

Michael Jackson has been my idol since before I could even walk.

I've had down periods in the past few years where I haven't been writing or working on music, and during that time something always felt like it was missing, but when I bring it back into the equation, everything in my life makes sense again. As corny as that sounds.

If you truly love something, fight for it every day, as long as it makes you happy.

I was the youngest of the house that I grew up in, so I feel like as the youngest you have it pretty good. At the same time, I guess I required a lot of attention, being afraid of so many different things. So I was never seeking attention; I wanted the opposite. I just knew that when I saw Michael Jackson on the television screen once, it was, like, "That's it! That's what I'm doing for the rest of my life." I never questioned that.

I didn't grow up with my dad so I don't know much at all about my heritage.

I respect anyone who achieves something that countless others have dared to try before and failed.