I like listening to old soul music. I like Sam Cooke. When I was growing up, the first things I was listening to was Whitney Houston and Cher. They were really big inspirations for me.

Mariah and Whitney Houston were my goddesses growing up.

Growing up in Houston, the music scene is super boring.

Growing up, I was in all the musicals and everything... I'd come home from school and bash out a few Whitney Houston songs.

I'd rather spend my time looking at the sky than listening to Whitney Houston.

Whitney Houston’s cover of “I Will Always Love You” was constantly on my FM Walkman radio around that time. I think that made me cry because I associated it with absolutely no one.