I Started When I Was About 11,

Follow Your Dreams. Just Make Sure To Have Fun Too.

I Tried To Stay Away From The Euro Beats, And Not Go Totally Pop. Instead, I Wanted To Take The Quincy Jones Approach. The Record Pays Homage To The Stevie Wonders, The Michael Jacksons, The Sam Cookes. I Wanted To Put That Classic Essence Of R&b And Soul With The New Age Of Music Now. There’s A Lot Of Live Instruments, And A Lot Less Auto-tune. I Really Wanted To Demonstrate My Vocal Ability, Creating The Vibe Of Me Singing Along With A Band.

I Didn't Understand That I Could Sing Until I Was Like 11 Or 12. My Mom Heard Me Singing Around The House And She Said, What Are You Doing? You Really Can Sing! So Then I Started Going To School And Singing To The Girls.

My Best Kiss Was On Stage. Kelly Rowland From Destiny's Child Gave Me A Really Nice Soft Kiss On My Lips During A Performance On My Birthday. It Was Amazing.

It's The Roman Numeral For 10. 5/5/89 Is My Birthday: 5 Plus 5 Is 10, And This Is My Tenth Year Since I Got Into Music. 'x' Is The 24th Letter In The Alphabet, And I Will Turn 24 When This Album Comes Out. 'x' Is Also A Metaphor, As In 'ex-girlfriend': It Implies You're Progressing And Moving On In Life, Not Holding On To The Past And Your Old Ways.