I embraced being a pop artist, but I like doing it on my own terms, at my own pace.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm definitely a pop artist at heart.
I am totally unapologetic about pop music.
I thought for a long time that I was going to be a pop artist. It was around 18-19 that I started to make that a reality. I just knew that this was my destiny.
I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
I have this massive love for the whole culture of pop music. It's my fascination, my ongoing passion.
I'm not a pop act, churning stuff out really quickly. I find the music that arises from that style of working is distracted, not particularly profound.
I try to not go, 'I'm writing a pop song.' Music is inherently genre-bending.
Being a pop artist or making music like a jingle or something - I don't do that.
I certainly have a fascination with pop music as a musical form, not necessarily as a lifelong commitment. I guess you could say I'm like a Casanova of music. I can't seem to settle down with one musical form.
My goal in life has been to be a songsmith, not a pop person.