I love the freedom to do whatever I want with style and not be put into a box.

Canada had the good health-care system and educational system. It was a privilege for me to grow up there.

Toronto is a very multicultural city, a place of immigrants, like my parents.

Older audiences are hard to win over. They're very specific in their tastes and critical of new music.

Bob Marley is one of the most recognized artists. He didn't care to be defined. People wondered, 'Is it reggae? Is it rock?' But at the end of the day they were still playing his music and that's what matters.

Before I could even hold a pen I was singing.

Once I started performing I knew that's what I wanted to do with my life. But you have to work really hard to be a performer.