What I like about Americans is if it's good music, that's the only thing that matters.
Rather than trying to create an audience, just try and create music that feels good to you.
I think the most-played record in our house was the 'Big Chill' Soundtrack - so Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, the Temptations, Otis Redding. I think that's where I got my love for a good hook, a good soul hook - really smooth and warm and from the heart.
Hype is a good thing, but it can also be a bad thing if you aren't prepared to back it up.
All of my friends are really good dancers, which was initially why I never danced - we'd go out, and they would kill it, and I'd be like, 'Yeah, I'm just gonna sit at the bar.'