I'm in no way running from 'Hamilton' or its success or these beautiful songs that I've been blessed to be able to be the one to introduce them. I certainly won't be the last to sing them, but to be the first, I feel very lucky.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There are so many great songs yet to sing.
I've seen 'Hamilton.' I'm obsessed. The music is crazy.
Singing is my dream and, while it may have not been a commercial success, critically I was thrilled with the reception my first album got.
There's always going to be life experiences that find their way into my songs.
When we were doing 'Live at Benaroya,' the song 'I Will' was hard to get through. I've always get a big lump in my throat when I sing that song. And also 'Before It Breaks.' So I'm just a different songwriter now. And the older I get, the more difficult it becomes to deliver those songs casually.
My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.
I'm just excited I get to sing all the time. There's nothing but open ears of people wanting to listen.
I've been lucky, because people have done such great versions of my songs, and I've worked with the best singers ever, and I'm lucky that way.
I had no vision of me being a part of that show ever. But I was committed to being the first super-fan of 'The Hamilton Mixtape' that there ever was. I was in love with this thing.
I didn't even want to sing, honestly. I started thinking about how long the journey was, how far all of us had come - me and Jessica Sanchez, Hollie Cavanagh and Josh Ledet and everybody. It's insane, man. It's not as easy as you think.