I have way too many songs that have music but don't have lyrics.

I think in the future I will end up doing a gospel album.

I think I'm more influenced, just in general, not by blues artists, but more by stuff from Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder is probably my biggest musical influence of all. And Donny Hathaway.

With the style of music that I do, I don't think it's at the top of their agenda to push me into doing any compromising material.

I think my favorite thing is the mystery of life - it makes you feel that much better about accomplishing something.

When you get just that right audience and just that right sound on stage and you can just sit back and kinda just let it happen and it's not really any work. I love those moments. Nothing can beat that for me.

I wanted to have something that I was proud of and that I knew people would enjoy.