I Should Try To Be

I Signed My Deal When I Was 11, And The Success I Had, No One Could Explain That To An Adult, What's About To Happen To Them, Much Less A Kid. There's Not Many People Around Who've Experienced That.

We Definitely Set Out To Make A Great 'radio' Record. We Set Out To Write Great Hooky Choruses-but With Verses That Said Something.

As A Singer And Songwriter, I Have Great Admiration For Many Of The Budding Stars Who Come To Try Their Hand At Performing And Can Relate To The Hopes And Aspirations Of All The Contestants, No Matter How Good Or Bad.

I Never Really Had Any Friends My Age. I've Grown Up In The Adult World All My Life.

I Was 5 When I Won My First Song And Dance Competition, And My Parents Asked Me If That Is What I Wanted To Do, And I Said, "yeah." At 5, How Can You Know That? On Some Level, I Knew That Was My Gift.