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On 'Idol,' I understood that everyone wanted to hear my vocals, so I stuck with the ballads.

'Idol' was more of a competition, and that was more of a platform that I wanted to get a hold of and get on top of. And I finally got that opportunity, and now it's more like, I just gotta show and prove myself to everybody that I'm not just the 'balladeer.'

Now ballads, I can mess around and get up on somebody on a ballad. People ain't seen it yet, but I can mess around and get up in there. I've had Ruben Studdard up in my house, Brian McKnight, Tank. Every once in a while I throw down with them.

I think that ballads are always something where I can really become one with the audiance.

In the future, I see me as being my own artist and definitely not a ballad singer!

I usually sing a lot on my mixtapes. I sing a lot on songs that just really aren't singles. Even my first single, 'My Last,' which I feel like is more pop than anything - I was originally singing the chorus on there. I'm used to that. I've always had fresh melodies.

I tend to gravitate toward ballads and mid-tempo songs.

I have always been a sucker for ballads, but you have to be careful these days, you can't overload people.

I love ballads. I'm not into fast songs. I love to put my heart and all of my feelings into a song.

I really - I just wanna sing. And I wanna show people that I can sing.