“A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad.”

“A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad.”

“It was amazing to me that, all of a sudden, I was hearing my music on the radio and coming out of cars.”

“I just need to know that I did the very best I could and that I was true to myself.”

“There's definitely an old school element to my music, but I also think it's modern.”

“People always accuse me of being motivational in a way, like it was a bad thing, but that's just how I was raised. My mom raised me in a positive environment, with lots of love in my heart, and that reflects in my music.”

“Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through.”

“We're getting so pulled in by computers and technology, and our kids have their face in the computers all day. The human relationship is being diminished by this.”

“For the last few years, it's been so chic for everybody to be miserable. Like if you're in with the cool crowd, you can't be happy.”

“People see my photos and think I labor over my image and I'm this cool, brooding artist. But I'm just having fun with it.”

“I've woken up from dreams and the whole song is there. I'm listening to it in my dreams. I consciously have to wake myself up and get a tape recorder because I hear it like a record.”