The whole industry evolves around a great song

The bigger you are, the harder they come down on you

The Top 40 is geared toward 20 and under, not 20 and up. That's the audience I'm geared to

I have friends who've tried to break into the UK, who went back with their tails between their legs. Fortunately I've had the opposite experience.

I still get butterflies. It's because there's a certain level of responsibility you carry when doing a concert. You've got to sound at least as good as the record.

I was blown away by the control and the range that I was hearing. I'm listening to Pavarotti and thinking, What the hell have I been doing with my voice all these years?

With the internet, things are so much more immediate. People taste-test things to see if they want to buy the CD