Well, Jeff Buckley for me is one of the greatest singers I've ever heard. And the reason why is he has an amazing range, amazing emotional power in his voice. And the music he put around it also just had this passion and this soul to it and this spirit to it that very few artists have, and he passed at a very young age.

I believed in myself and I am a firm believer you have to think the things you want and visualize.

There are more black men incarcerated today than there were slaves in 1850.

I would tell myself, "Love yourself and don't be afraid to take risks." I was often afraid to take risks, socially, because I was young and a little more shy and still figuring out who I wanted to be. Sometimes I look back and think, "I should have just been bolder and more confident."

I keep learning, listening, growing and experimenting.

Artists in general never stay in the same place, we keep growing. It's still you, you still have that core that you always had, but you work with new people and hear new things.

Sometimes there's that perfect moment when the crowd, the music, the energy of the room come together in a way that brings me to tears.