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Feeling emotionally connected to a song, and accumulating every bit of the moment's energy to sing out to the audience is what I believe makes a great performer.

Sometimes you sing songs about the way you want to feel more than the way you actually do feel.

With singing, the name of the game is to make yourself believable. When somebody hears you sing a song, and they say, 'Oh, that must have happened to him,' that's when you know you're transmitting. It's like being a good actor. You make people feel things, emotions and what not.

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

It is amazing to sing in front of a live audience. It is incredible. The energy is awesome.

Singing really is acting. In a lot of ways, it's much more personal. I love music, and being able to work on that is amazing.

Singing is just another outlet to express what I feel and to show everyone who I really am. I really don't talk about my personal life that much in interviews because that's my life, but with music, the way I write explains who I am.

You've got a song you're singing from your gut, you want that audience to feel it in their gut. And you've got to make them think that you're one of them sitting out there with them too. They've got to be able to relate to what you're doing.