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

It seemed at first that everybody was more concerned with my age.

I've been getting into different gospel artists; Aretha Franklin is someone I've been listening to a lot of.

Apparently, there's this whole set of disgruntled people but obviously it's not my intention to offend anyone by changing the style of music that I've done.

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.

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

Sometimes I'll get a burst when I write lyrics, it usually happens in 20 minutes and I'll write the whole song, and that's really the only way it feels comfortable.