Interestingly, I matured as a musician and as an artist before I matured as a man. What I mean by that is, I was ready to be completely vulnerable and honest with myself and unapologetic when it comes to how I express myself in my medium. But I wasn't as secure in doing that when it came to just being myself.

I can't tone it down. I'm being me and being myself.

When I'm trusting and being myself as fully as possible, everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously.

I'll never be Jennifer Lawrence or Tom Cruise, someone who can hold a movie and then be charming and charismatic doing promotion. I haven't got what they've got. But at least I'm now comfortable just being myself.

I want to be sure I'm being myself. I don't want to follow something because someone's like 'do this, it's popular.'

When I was younger, I used to try to fit in, but now I'm much more comfortable with just being myself.

I'm having fun. I'm being myself. I'm doing what I love. That's all that matters.

I felt like I got more comfortable on 'Idol' when I just started being myself and not trying to be what I thought I had to be.

People will come at me telling me to wear this or wear that. If I don't like it, I don't like it. They couldn't pay me to wear it. If it's something I can rock with, I'll rock it. I'm more interested in being completely authentic to me. In my opinion, being myself is making a statement.

I'm not trying to be different. To me, I'm just being myself.

I used to go around looking as frumpy as possible because it was inconceivable you could be attractive as well as be smart. It wasn't until I started being myself, the way I like to turn out to meet people that I started to get any work.

I can't tone it down. I'm being me and being myself.

I would classify myself as an individual. That's what I try to stay true with - being myself, 100 percent.

Just try to play hard to win games and to be versatile. And also be a great teammate. I'm not faking anything I'm doing out here. I'm being myself. I'm not faking anything.

I felt like I got more comfortable on 'Idol' when I just started being myself and not trying to be what I thought I had to be.

When I perform, I'm just very much just being myself.

Just going along with this, what I did, or what I do is I imagine not being myself seeing it, but imagine somebody else who's seeing it for the first time.

I can't tone it down. I'm being me, and I'm being myself, and I'd be doing myself an injustice, and I'd be doing an injustice to those kids who don't feel like they're comfortable to be themselves.

I didn't start to work until I realized what it was I had to offer. I stopped imitating performers I admired and started just being myself.

I'm more comfortable doing a character than being myself.