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Once I wrote 'Atmosphere,' I thought, 'This is my story; it's me and my life and what I've gone through to get to where I am.' I'm not the best singer, but still. All of my albums are personal, but putting myself out there and singing is one more thing that makes me vulnerable - one more thing that people can fire shots at.

I'm just about the best singer I know, and it's time for everybody to say that. I have total facility with my voice. And for some weird reason, critics don't talk about it.

The beauty of music is that everyone hears it their own way, and every song you hear leaves an impression on you that alters the way you hear everything from that point on.

I feel that people really feel they've got a part of me when they listen to my albums and the themes just show themselves.

It's tough hearing your voice on the radio, on a chorus, and knowing that people think it's another artist.

My own singing voice is not very good and I don't think that anybody really sings in their own voice.

I'm not the best singer in the world, but the albums have always been personal. They're stories about me and what I'm going through.

It bugs me that people think my songs are personal because it means I have to explain myself all the time.

'The Voice' gave me a chance to show people the side of me that is an artist. People didn't know what that would look like or sound like. It allowed people to see that potential.