23-year-old Nick Jonas has admitted he had to give up control of his life to find freedom in his music.
Nick Jonas
Following the recent release of third solo studio album 'Last Year Was Complicated', Jonas says it took a big risk to get to where he is now.
Speaking to harpersbazaar.com, he explained: "I think the biggest thing was I had to give up control first and kind of say, 'all right, I was gripping it all too tightly; let me just take a step back and work with some new people, get creative and not be afraid to just go there'.
"So the biggest piece of that was opening up and being willing to explore new things, and then in return I wrote some music that I'm really proud of, that really connected, and found some great projects that I could evolve in."
Also chatting about dream collaborations, he noted "Prince was", continuing: "It was a big dream of mine to work with him. Obviously it's not possible now and I'm sad to have lost him.
Kanye (West), it's a dream to work with him, and even Drake is one I'd love to work with."
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