Music is not math. It's science. You keep mixing the stuff up until it blows up on you, or it becomes this incredible potion.

I've had big record label presidents look me in the face and say, 'Your music sucks, you don't know who you are, your music is all over the place, and we don't know how to market this stuff. Pick a lane and come back to us.'

You pick up some fans and a handful of haters along the way.

In pop music, the public usually see the results - the hit records, the Grammy Awards performances, the concert tours - but not all the work that goes into getting into the spotlight. And not everyone realizes that, even if you have a lot of talent, chances are you won't make it.

My mother is a singer, my sisters all sing, my uncles are incredible singers and guitar players, so it's just kind of been like my habitat.

Doo-wop is special music to me because it's so straightforward and melody-driven and captures emotions.