There will always be a replacement coming along very soon - a newer version, a crazier version, a louder version. So if you haven’t got a long-term plan, then you are merely a passing phase, the latest trend, yesterday’s event.

I thought I'd take style to its limit... My philosophy is a belief in magic, good luck , self-confidence, and pride.

There're lots of musicians in my family, too. My mother sings incredibly well. I've got to make a record with my mother's voice on it. She sings a lyric soprano. We do the opposite. I'm a baritone. She's a star singer in her church. She always does her solo.

Disco was like the celebration of music through dance and my God! When you heard the music sometimes it was like, if you don't get up and dance, you aren't human!

This is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you're rocking

I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.

Some songs come from my head, some from my throat, but there will always be moments when it is an injection of the soul.