Musician

It's a really hard decision, picking my second single.

It's a really hard decision, picking my second single.

I wish I wrote 'Paper Planes' by M.I.A.

I get mad about something, and then I have this melody in my head, and then afterwards, the lyrics come.

At the end of the day, it's not the labels buying the music: it's the people out there, and you have to be behind the music and not anyone else. You're the one representing it, you're playing it for everyone; you're doing promotion and travelling around the world.

I'm not going to release something just because they think it's the next hit. It's not what everyone wants to hear, but that's the way it is.

Every time someone asks me where I'm from, I'm not sure how to answer that question... so I say I have no roots.

Like most people, I wanted and still want to live by my own rules.

I get really nervous when I'm performing or meeting new people.

We always watch 'The Polar Express.' I love that movie; that's a very, very nice Christmas tradition that we have.

My mom used to bake so much when I was a child, and I have a big sweet tooth.

I can do whatever I want, and I'm not going to let anyone tell me what language I should speak in.

I don't like being dependent on other people.

If I don't feel the music, I can't perform it.

I love spending time in England, whether it's for writing, producing, or seeing my parents and siblings.

When I was thirteen years old, and we had just moved to Germany, I definitely felt I was missing out on normal teenage life. I was watching my old school friends from Canada grow up without me while I was in Germany trying to learn the language and trying to pass each year without failing.

When I was younger, I always wanted to be either a pianist or a classical singer, and when I discovered songwriting, it was like a new portal had been opened.

The actual thought of not really having a home was, for me, very depressing, and it was something that I was dealing with for quite some time.

The idea - or, if you like, the need - to write and record 'Lash Out' was born of a feeling within me.

I didn't have just one place where I could say, 'That's my home.'