I started singing rhythmically, and now I'm learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it.

I can't see myself singing the same song twice in a row. That's terrible.

People ask me where I got my singing style. I didn't copy my style from anybody.

I leave the genre labeling to other people. I really do. If I were to think too hard about it, that would stifle you creatively. If you think too hard about who other people want you to be as an artist, it stops you from being who you want to be as an artist.

There's a lot of pressure putting an album out all over the world and hoping people everywhere like it.

I love it when people say things to me in public and want to meet me, because I want to meet them! Early on, my manager told me, 'If you want to sell 500,000 records, then go out there and meet 500,000 people.'