I Think The Most Important Thing Is

In My Neighborhood In Springfield, Ohio, There Were A Lot Of Young Kids. We All Played Tackle Football After School, But I Knew Very Early On That I Was Not An Athlete.

Hip-hop And R&b Are Especially Fertile Bases Of Collaboration. It Always Makes Good Records And Good Music.

Women Are Dealing With The Same Thing: They're Dealing With Expectations About How They're Supposed To Look And How They're Supposed To Interact With Men. I Think We're All Trying To Figure It All Out, Especially When We're Teenagers, But I Think The Key Is To Listen And Empathize With One Another.

I Don't Feel Like That Many Musicians Are Competitive With Each Other.

My Family Is Very Musical, I Was Surrounded By It. And From Four Years Old I Was The One That Asked My Mother Could I Take Piano Lessons... It Wasn't Forced On Me. It Was Something I Wanted To Do. And Ever Since, I've Never Stopped, I've Never Stopped Playing Music. I Never Went Through A Period Where I Didn't Want To Do It.