I don't try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid it.

There's a lot of personal stuff that can go into songwriting but there's also a lot of dramatization and fictionalization. You have to do that to make a good song.

During my first photo shoot, I was unhappy because they put so much makeup on me and straightened my hair. I've been stubborn ever since.

I'm not a great piano player.

Without a piano I don't know how to stand, don't know what to do with my hands.

God bless Ray Charles. It was such an honor to meet him and sing with him and actually just to watch him sing from just two feet away.