I'm older than I was, and I'm still washed-up, and I haven't changed my music one iota. It's just much easier to do this when people are being nice to you.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think older people can appreciate my music because I really show my heart when I sing, and it's not corny. I think I can grow as an artist, and my fans will grow with me.
The music I always liked as a kid was stuff I could bum out to and realize, 'Hey, someone else feels that way, too.' So if someone can do that with my music, it's mission accomplished.
Everyone I talk to says stuff like, 'Music sucks today,' and I'm going to try and change all that.
I feel like, if I'm going to have young, impressionable people listening to my music, then I'm going to respect that.
People my age don't always know where their music comes from.
My music is how I feel, and that's changed from being twenty years old to being forty-three years old.
The bottom line is, I tend to be going back to older and older music.
I've done a lot of growing up since the age of 16 and I really wanted that to be reflected in my music.
When I was 13 years old, I was dressing in a rap style. And then I changed schools, and the rap style became old-fashioned, so I changed it completely.
I've never wanted to use my age as a gimmick, as something that would get me ahead of other people. I've wanted the music to do that.