I'm always open to collaborations.
I will continue to work hard until I get to where I want to be.
I got tired of asking people to do stuff and waiting on results, so I just took it into my own hands.
I never started doing the videos because I thought they were going to get millions of views. I started doing them because I was at home, and I was bored.
There are a lot of singers, but they weren't doing it the way I was, taking an Adele song and putting a hip hop beat behind it to make it a different song.
'X Factor' did a lot for me, but things truly started to take off for me when I went to social media.
For everyone who hated, there are a hundred people who showed me love, and so, you know, I'm going to spend time showing them love than focusing on the negatives.
I was raised by my father, who was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and bass player. His brothers all did the same thing, so I was kind of always raised around the music.
My career has been going better than expected, and I'm grateful.
Deep down inside, I do feel, at times, that I have to prove to people that I'm actually an artist.
Songwriting was definitely first. I started singing, and then I was rapping; then I went back to singing. As I was growing up, I just taught myself piano and guitar.
I see a lot of Filipino fans supporting me, so I want to give back the love.
Even in school, I used to get kicked out in every class except music. I was always at the top of my class in music.
I like to sing R&B slow jams. It's always been my thing.
No one's going to put in the effort you are for your career.
I'm trying to break away from doing covers or from being considered only as a YouTube star. I'm a singer, songwriter, sound engineer, and producer.
Some people would say, 'Nah, he's just a YouTube kid.' But I sing, play instruments; I can mix, master, and engineer - all those stuff.
You get butterflies when you see all the fans screaming.
I was so naive to think once you sign, it's all good, and you are a superstar.
A lot of artists are blind to how to use these crucial social media platforms - you don't have to put all your faith on other people; you can do it yourself.
