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My onstage persona really is a persona, you know, and really the moment I step onstage, it kind of kicks into gear.

I think a lot of people think I'm doing kind of a character onstage, but what you're really getting is just me.

I think I'm making a difference for a lot of young singers.

At first, I wasn't really keen on the idea of me being on stage having to sing in front of people.

I didn't know if I had the music for it or if I could pull off the larger concert experience. Then I realized if I can just continue to be myself, I'll be all right.

I believe the best persona to be onstage is the one that comes naturally.

When you become such a strong personality in music, it's hard for people to accept you as a different character.

For 'A Little Night Music,' I did try to get little bit more beefed up for that because I thought that would help me carry myself around the stage in that character.

I put myself into character for my songs.

When it's open and honest, that's when the real nature of who you are as a vocalist or as a performer, all of that stuff can finally start to become what it's supposed to be. Like a settling into yourself. It's not even a musical thing, it's a whole mindset, a whole acceptance of who you were supposed to be. Life sounds good.