I have worked with a lot of different great people. One of the things my partner, my manager Judy Weinstein, instilled in [David] Morales and myself is that the quality goes in before the name goes home.

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.

I have worked with a lot of different great people. One of the things my partner, my manager Judy Weinstein, instilled in [David] Morales and myself is that the quality goes in before the name goes home.

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

Timing is everything. It is not so much about who you know, especially now with the Internet, because anybody can become a superstar overnight.

It's not easy staying relevant in the marketplace.

The minute you think you're greater than the music, you're finished