I knew what I wanted to do from the time I was 5.

People always accuse me of being motivational in a way, like it was a bad thing, but that's just how I was raised. My mom raised me in a positive environment, with lots of love in my heart, and that reflects in my music.

A lot of people don't listen to the lyrics, really.

The loyalty rate isn't that high. I could have a big hit, then put out the next single, and they say, Oh yeah, who are you? Prove it again.

I enjoy what people at the concert give me and I can't do it without them, so it's really an exchange of energy that snowballs back and forth and becomes something that's very satisfying and very magical.

I was taught by my grandfather that anything that your mind can conceive, you can have. It's a reality.

My first guitar, a Fender Jazz Master, I traded it in for a Les Paul Deluxe.