I'm not thinking about what needs to be on the radio. I'm not thinking about anything other than - I'm just going to let this music come out of me and not have any sort of preconceived notion of what I should do. I'm just going to do it.

Lionel Richie told me forget about the critics. But if you come back with hit after hit, you don't have to worry about anything.

I think I've tried to stay true to my music since the beginning. It's kind of hard because of the access and technology but I just do what I do.

I grew up in a time where anything was possible.

I was brought up to be a gentleman. That means you know how to walk, talk and dress the part.

There's no substitute to being successful on an actual chart.

By 17, I had a whole band that would go in and play. It was called Spontaneous Inventions, after a Bobby McFerrin album.