When you have life, [it's] the most graceful, amazing thing to happen.

I only put good energy out there. You put good energy out there you get energy back.

I've seen my family work so hard and come up, and I've seen it all get taken away. I had to man up, and part of that was sleeping in my car, getting an apartment for a month, and getting evicted the next month. Staying in the $25 - $35 hotels. I just never panicked. I stayed focused and I never surrendered.

That's beautiful that you want to expand your music and do different things. Music is so beautiful and powerful.

Stay positive but stay focused. Sometimes things can distract you and you don't want to be distracted on the journey to that mountain top.

I cut my hair like three times a week. Sometimes more if I'm working, and I know I got to be in front of people with interviews or TV or video. I've been blessed to be so busy.

I know that I've been put on this Earth to make people happy, to inspire people, and to uplift people. That's a beautiful thing.