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When you're a parent, you sing better. It becomes a pure pleasure, rather than something I have to do.

My hope for my children must be that they respond to the still, small voice of God in their own hearts.

There's always going to be a percentage of the kids out there who want to hear people who can actually play and sing.

What I say is from my heart. You must be sincere. So when I sing a song, people are supposed to feel it.

I was the youngest of three kids, and from the age of four, singing was my way of getting attention.

I see too many celebrity kids who can't sing. If you don't have it, give it up, because people are brutal. I never want my kids to feel like they have to live up to what I've done.

If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids taught me that. And I do it with adults now.

As for singing, my parents say I have a good voice, but then again, they have to say that.

I wanted to make youthful, irreverent anthems. Parents might not get it, but kids would.

I hope kids feel gratitude for what they do have.