If people like your music, you can't guarantee they're going to love you.
I also love Dido and Nelly Furtado and people who are really into their music like that. And I love Renee Zellweger.
I like challenging people. I love pop music that can just throw you off.
The people who raised me musically are my mother, who is a classically trained pianist, and my stepfather.
Music is the Universal Language that allows all people to communicate with each other.
Music is everybody's business. It's only the publishers who think people own it
Acting, musicals, bringing out an album - not many people have done that. Anthony Newley, Barbra Streisand?
My style is boho chic. I love that time period - the patterns, the prints, the people, the music, the vibe.
My style is part of the music I like, the bands I see, the people I surround myself with, the places I go to.
That can definitely mess with your music - if you overthink. 'What's radio going to think?' or 'What are these people going to think?'
People think I take some sort of masochistic pleasure out of putting out music that's gonna be unpopular.
I think you can feel the pain I've experienced in my music. It's something that a lot of people can relate to.
Lyrics are always misleading because they make people think that that's what the music is about.
I'm not really a strange person or anything, so if there's music I like, usually there's other people who like it too.
Every musician tries to blend in some reggae. It's the only music that brings all people together, different races, different religions.
We play happy music, and we make people happy. That's why they like us.
I'm proud of my roots. There are not many Asians in the music industry so it's important for me to tell people where I'm from.
What's completely insane to me is that people would consider music that's simple to be dumbed-down. Couldn't simplicity be a deliberate, smart choice?
You know, most people called rap stupid when it started, and it was one of the most innovative music forms of its time.
The ideal situation would be to bypass all of the drama and mayhem and just get the music right to the people. I'm confident that we'll eventually figure it out.
I find that the kinds of music I'm drawn to are those that a lot of people take for granted.
