My career always involved being the person in charge of what I was portraying to people. "I never wanted to be an image of something I didn't believe in, an image that somebody else had put together. The idea of that just really scared me, more than the idea of failing.

Ever since I was a little kid I've been so glad to be from America and so glad to live here.

There are times when you get frustrated, but the one thing you always focus on is treating people well. You just cannot storm off and freak out.

My parents moved across the country so I could pursue a dream.

Given that everyone is giving you their own opinion about him, I think the only opinion you should listen to is yours.

And for me, I guess the person who I tell everything that I'm going through is you. The fans.

It's human nature to not say everything that's on your mind at the time you think it. Because we fear saying something that people will laugh at, people will think is dumb. We're afraid of being embarrassed.