Write your own songs. It helps you to mean what you're singing, which will then make it mean something to listeners.

Surround yourself with friends who only call you a superstar

I bruise easily so be gentle when you handle me.

I took temp jobs, recorded a demo in the evenings and eventually shopped a record deal. All I knew was that I wanted to write songs; thankfully, I also got to sing them.

As a teenager I had friends who had little music studios in their bedrooms and garages. I'd go and play around; very soon, my hobby became a passion.

I don't want to be the next anyone. I just want to be me, now. And that means all different things.

Hope is such a powerful thing. We all have hope for different things, but I think sometimes we need to share our hope with other people. We're sometimes in our own issues, and it isolates us, but when we come together and encourage each other and give a little bit of hope, it can, like it says in the song, go a long way.