I was always trying to win the world, but somewhere I lost you.

Well, I loved singing in the chorus, and there was some connection for me between gospel and choral music.

Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything.

I had always held everything in before.

Over the years, you grow up, you mature and you see things in a different way, and it's reflected in the writing.

I used to go to my kids' soccer games and I was the only parent who wasn't screaming, because I'd have to do a show that night. It was hard. Moms and dads get more emotional at those soccer and Little League games than at a professional game.

My music is in young people's lives because it's so much a part of their parents' lives.