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I know there are a lot of people out there who have the best intentions but not the voice, so it's about people like me to give them a voice and hear their ideas.

I work on my voice through what I have to sing.

Vocally, I have learned to find my strength, and my voice has developed a lot since 'Be Here.' I learned to sing with all of my body.

I knew from a young age that I could sing and it was impressed upon me that if I got a classically trained education in voice, it would serve as a foundation for whatever I chose to do.

People often ask me how I developed my vocal sound, and the answer usually disappoints them: 'It's just the way I sound when I sing.'

I'm a musician. I play instruments. I dabble in the hip-hop field. That doesn't take vocal ability necessarily.

I encourage all of you to seek out teachers and mentors that challenge you to think for yourself and guide you to find your own voice.

I'm not an idiot: I know that I can sing and I know that I can act.

Even if I don't have the money to take vocal lessons, I'll practice in the house by myself singing out loud.

So much of my career has been about saying things the way people say them, using melodies not that I can sing but that the people can sing.