I Hope That What You Take Away

I Want My Fans To Know I'm There For Them. I Want Them To See Every Part Of Me. I Am Never Going To Leave Them.

Akon Is A Very Talented Songwriter To Work With. His Melodies, They're Just Insane. It's Funny, I Think About Him A Lot When I'm Doing My Melodies Because He's So Simple, And He's Just Been Great. He Keeps Me On My Feet, Very Grounded, But He Also Puts Me On A Silver Platter, Which Is Always Very Nice. So It's Been An Incredible Influence. It's Like Every Time You Work With Somebody That's Better That You Are, You Become Greater.

If You Only Believe That You're An Artist When You Have A Big Advance In Your Pocket And A Single Coming Out, I Would Say That's Quite Soulless. You Have To Have A Sense Of Your Own Greatness And Your Own Ability From A Very Deep Place Inside You. I Am The One With The Litmus Test In My Hands Of What People Need To Hear Next.

I'm Able To Laugh Now, Because I've Gone Through A Lot Of Mental And Physical Therapy To Heal Over The Years, My Music's Been Wonderful For Me. But I Was A Shell Of My Former Self At One Point. I Was Not Myself. To Be Fair, I Was About 19, So ... I Went To Catholic School And All This Crazy Stuff Happened, And I Was Going, 'oh, Is This Just The Way Adults Are?' I Was Very Naive.

Everybody Always Laughs Because I Feel So Much More Comfortable With, Like, A Giant Paper Bag On My Whole Body And Paint On My Face. Sometimes I Try Really Hard To Take It All Off. But Inevitably What's Underneath Is Still Not A Straight Edge. And I Don't Think It Ever Will Be.