I listen to all types of different music. I go to different festivals. I'm around music.

I feel like all of my records have potential to be hits. Sometimes it's promotion, sometimes it's bad timing, but yeah I take it very personally. I'm very hard on myself when it comes to my records. I really believe that if it's not number one, I've failed.

Not to be arrogant, but I have a lot of hits, so my phone stay ringing, but it's consistent.

I really was kind of like a musical nerd. I would watch VH1's 'Behind The Music.' That was heavy when I was a kid. I would sit up and want to watch that all day instead of going outside sometimes.

I work every single day, even on Sundays.

When you're an artist, you can only do your own stuff. Even if you only write for other people, you're really more focused on yourself. So while everybody's out touring, I'm working on records.

I'm very competitive; it's not enough just to have a few number ones. I want to have 200.