Critics like to describe and categorize things, and categories often have a way of limiting people.

Sometimes I start just on the piano with a melody or musical idea that kind of leads me to certain lyrics.

I do believe that part of us ending racism is us seeing each other's humanity and learning to love each other, even if we look different or worship differently or live differently.

Artists in general never stay in the same place, we keep growing. It's still you, you still have that core that you always had, but you work with new people and hear new things.

I believed in myself and I am a firm believer you have to think the things you want and visualize.

Sometimes there's that perfect moment when the crowd, the music, the energy of the room come together in a way that brings me to tears.

I feel like spirituality definitely comes through in my music, but I don't make any specific efforts to make it that way.

We're so used to having everything we want at our fingertips so I think that when things get tough it's difficult for people to persist through that.

I want to make a better record than I made the last time. I want to grow. I want to discover new things about myself creatively.

You can always find a stray negative comment on the Internet. It's like everybody loves to put negative comments on the Internet under the cloak of anonymity.