And the one job my father knew of, that he'd had experience of himself, was the Army, so he could help me in that direction.

I guess if you're stupid enough to join the army without thinking about getting shot at, then you really are a fool.

I never really set out to do anything in the charts with music. It came as a total surprise that I did, and it's fun.

I don't know how to write without thinking what people would want. You don't know whether they want you to be black or white, so you kind of get a gray, something in the middle.

There's a lot of music nowadays with people singing about how amazing their clothes are and how incredible their shoes are and how much jewelry they might be wearing or how much jewelry they want, how much money they have and the club that they're in and the alcohol that they're drinking. I think that's showing off. I don't think it's necessarily all that honest or all that interesting.

Every time I do an interview, it's like serious therapy. But real therapy isn't something that I'd ever have. I feel fortunate that mentally everything is functioning well.

My life is brillant, My love is pure.