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I'm very conscious of developing my singing, technically and stylistically. I want it to become more individual, express more of me. That's my goal. These songs are steps along that way.

If you play an instrument, it makes you a better singer. The more you play, the better you sing, the more you sing, the better you play.

It's interesting because what I do and what I sing is, to other people, pretty unique. I feel I'm creating my own path... and I'm working on growing as a performer.

But without the experience of actually singing or playing these things yourself, you don't have the same kind of involvement or understanding of what these musical moves mean. And that is a very big problem in addressing the future of music.

A lot of the way I sing is playing off other musicians. It's what I love to do the most.

I learned so many roles so quickly as a young singer, I thought it was time to come back to them and make them better - deeper, more nuanced.

Being a singer is a way for me to get to a platform to do more.

There are a lot of unseen elements to having a successful singing career.

I decided I was just going to sing the type of songs I gravitated toward and inspired me and moved me. I was going to let the people whose job it was to decide what places to put it, and let them do that. I'll stick to the singing part.

It's a two-dimensional gig being a singer, and you can get lost in your own tedium and repetition.