Music lives in me. Life is a song to me. I have the gift of rhyme, and I'm always trying to write and rhyme. Music is just natural everyday occurrence with me.

No, I can't do rap music...

My grandpa was a preacher.

I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn't even have electricity. So it was very, very hard times then.

I'm so thankful I can write songs. I can capture all those memories in my songs and keep those memories alive.

I think 9/11 affected everybody in one way or another.

I can't keep somebody from being a star, and I can't make somebody a star, and nobody can.