I am definitely in the right place doing the right thing. These are the rewards.

There are two people that probably influenced me more than anybody out of all the artists out here: that's Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson.

When you create something out of nothing it's the most thrilling thing.

I'm always looking for just the right song that has something to say.

I am definitely in the right place doing the right thing. These are the rewards.

A friend of mine that happened to be a DJ at another club actually offered me a job [as a DJ]. I didn't think I could do it but he said, "You know all the music. You are at all the parties, and everybody knows you."

I refused to be disrespected. So, at 16, of course, I was a gentleman about it, but I told them and it cost me my job.