“I've certainly never liked the idea of being put in a box. I loved bei...” — Joshua Henry Quote

I've certainly never liked the idea of being put in a box. I loved being part of shows like 'American Idiot' and 'In the Heights,' and I take pride in being able to sing different styles, not just 'Old Man River.'

We all have something in our past that is gripping us, and 'Violet' is very much about leaving those things behind.

Everyone's got something that they've held onto from their childhood or from a past relationship, someone who's told you what you are, and it's leaving all that behind and living a happy life and realizing that a lot of that is inside you - really uncovering that. The story - those themes - are heavy themes that everyone can connect to.

The themes in 'Violet' are universal: accepting yourself with all of your flaws, moving on, and the forgiveness and freedom that comes along with that.

I take in a lot of different styles when I listen to music, but when I'm actually writing a song it comes from a very stripped back place that focuses on melody and soaring choruses that lift-off.

I think what the story of Yes has been is we've wandered in and out of different styles over the years.

I like experimenting with different styles of singing and languages and was frankly overwhelmed at the idea of working with Vishal and Shekhar.

I've created a vocabulary of different styles. I draw from many different ways to take a picture. Sometimes I go back to reportage, to journalism.