I'm not interested in just putting out one hit.

When you go through life, when you go through different things, you take risks, you question yourself. I think everybody does, at some point in their life, question themselves.

I'm not here to change the music world, but I'm definitely here to show what I can do and express myself through my music.

If youve ever lived in Chicago, anyone who has, they know what a winter in Chicago is like. To be going through a tough time here in the winter would be just be all the more worse.

I know who I am as an artist. I've always known who I am as an artist.

I like blue a lot, and greens. Earthy blues and greens.

I will always appreciate 'American Idol,' and I never forget about where I come from.