I guess if I'm a product, either you're chocolate, you're vanilla or you're butterscotch. You can't be all three.

My dad was just the king of finding these little spots for us to stay that we should never have been staying at.

You're amazing, just the way you are.

We all grew up idolizing another musician. That's how this works. That's how music is created.

My dad was into the 1950s doo-wop era. If you look at those groups, or at James Brown, Jackie Wilson and the Temptations in the 1960s, you'll see you had to be sharp onstage.

I just know that I'm a fan of all different kinds of genres. You're supposed to be free doing music, and that's how I feel.

I think everybody don't know what color I am. It's like, "He's not black enough. He's not white enough. He's got a Latin last name but he doesn't have - he doesn't speak Spanish. Who are we selling this to? Are you making urban music? Are you making pop music? What kind of music are you making?"