I feel the only way I can survive is to spend a lot of time writing songs. I have to have incredible, killer songs that also are hits, or I just don't have a chance.

I feel like I have adopted the Philippines as my second country.

I just wanted to show people - maybe I'm wrong - that I can still really sing. I can sing better than I ever have before. My intonation is way better, my timing, my phrasing - there's a lot more expression; I feel it's a more lived-in, soulful voice.

I feel like I can be a frontman; I feel like I have good songs.

Racing is the only time I feel whole.

I just write songs whenever I feel like it, whenever they come to me.