I like when a teenager comes and talks to me on the street. I've been through a lot and I have a lot to share.

Break the Shell”: “Child, it’s time to break the shell Life’s gonna hurt but it’s meant to be felt You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself You cannot fly until you break the shell.

Any time someone is passionate about a cause, it's because they want to heal something inside of themselves.

I do experiment with lots of different genres. In making music, I don't think of genre like, "I want to do this, because I'm going use that country music sound; I'm going use that hip-hop sound; I'm going use that acoustic [sound]." It's just making music. So now that I've traveled a lot more since I did Acoustic Soul, I'm sure that different sounds will come into place, because I have been exposed to it and I like it. But it's not so much of a conscience effort. It's mind and spirited. You know, we're humans.

Beautiful jewelry, a beautiful room - that's what museums are - a beautiful painting, a beautiful face, it makes you feel good to look at, and that's a beautiful thing.

There's hope. It doesn't cost a thing to smile. You don't have to pay to laugh. You better thank God for that.

The thing that makes me feel most alive is knowing that there's something that I have to do that I'm afraid of.