I see things that nobody else sees

Mark Ryden is my favorite visual artist.

The title is the first thing that I have. Then when I have that title, I have to make sure that the title...is like, so...I have to make sure I can tell a whole story from that one title and like make sure that it, from beginning to end it makes sense.

I love directing my music videos and writing video treatments, and I think it's all just because I love the visual aspect of it as well.

A lot of people relate my success now with The Voice, and it has nothing to do with that. I've definitely worked my ass off for a year afterwards trying to get that off of my forehead. If anything, it's actually harder to get labels to look at you when you come off a show like that, and it's harder for people to look at you like a real artist.

[My style in three words] youthful, sweet, and diverse.

I'll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves.