When people have passion there's nothing they can't do.
The people who are competing business-wise out there want what other successful labels and artists have. I don't want what they have; I want my own path, my own sound, my own identity. Record labels care nothing about identity or artistic freedom, they want good business.
I think it's really important for people to hear what our men and women in the military have to say.
Sometimes you have to listen to other people, and see what the audiences want. That's what entertaining is about.
In my mind, as long as I did what was right for me, I was cool. But that's not the way it works. You have to think about other people and take their feelings into account.