I never thought of myself as a songwriter. I was just an artist writing songs, and they just happened to get placed.

I view myself as a male artist.

I just respect Kanye as an artist.

It might crush a lot of people, but I've never been in the room with an artist that I've written a song for.

I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.

I grew up in the era of Britney Spears, where artists had songs written for them, and you got up and sang them. That's how I always thought it was.