I grew up singing ballads, but what I really wanted to get into was the mainstream music on the radio because I really love the beats and everything.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I honed in on a great time, the Motown era, the '60s and '70s. That type of music has always been a staple in my life.
The music I listened to as a kid - the Stones, the Beatles - that was so rebellious at the time, it became mainstream.
I think that ballads are always something where I can really become one with the audiance.
I really want my music to go mainstream.
I grew up listening to so many different things, and having a dad that also sang, music was innately born into me. Going through high school and college, I'd go see anyone who came to town, it didn't matter the genre.
I grew up with a wide range of music.
I like so many different kinds of music just because all I did was listen to the radio as a kid.
My favorite type of music to sing is definitely those big ballads, I just love doing those power ballads.
I loved singing rock-and-roll, jazz, anything on radio, anything commercial. I was able to do anything, but I didn't know what direction to go in.
Growing up, I listened to a lot of jazz and blues records - John Coltrane and Etta James. I was also really into Radiohead and the BeeGees.