My songs always tend to have a good element to the story. That is who I am - an optimistic person.

My songwriting and overall approach to music go beyond just good singing and strong musicality - I want people, now more so than ever, to feel something and be moved somehow by the content I create.

I think my entire songwriting catalog reflects where I was in my life at the time. I capture whatever moment I am experiencing in life.

As long as children are still getting kicked out of their homes by parents, getting bullied, commuting suicide, et cetera. it's definitely still worth talking about.

People relate to you a lot more when you're honest and authentic - and that's hard to do in front of millions of people every week.

I loved performing every week, but all of the activities and amazing people we met when we were not filming stick out to me the most.

Ordering pizza and jamming out with the contestants in our hotels and traveling the country together brought me so much joy.