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I've always been interested in beauty. I studied it when I was 16 and 17, and I know it's a good idea to invest in something alongside my music.

When you're young and everything dramatic is exciting, you start to believe that hype that, in order to be an artist, you have to suffer. I've graduated from that school.

As a youngster, I never dreamed there could be a career actually earning a living writing music.

There's not too many offers that come my way about being in a musical.

I would love to be able to pursue music as a career but honestly, I'm just not good enough.

I was looking at making a shift in my career. I've been so blessed I'd like to be able to give that back. If I could find young artists, young performers I can nurture to have a career I would really like that.

When you're 14, 15, and you get together and start making a noise, it is the world opening up. You have that indestructible feeling when you're young. But your ambitions when you are 13 are different when you're 25. By that time, your ambition isn't to be a star anymore; it's to make a living doing music.

Things can turn ugly so quickly in the music business, especially if you have an unexpected success.

At the end of the day, there's only a few major stars in the music business, and then there's all these people that are aspiring to be that.

Usually, I think you have most of your musical influences locked down by the time you're 16.