I grew up going to a real small missionary baptist church. We would sing a lot of the old standards... the hymns and everything. Those songs are still my favorite and are pretty timeless.

'All Over Me' is a song that I really got fired up the first time I heard it: it just really moved and it really had a lot of energy.

My granddaddy on my momma's side, he was a romantic. He loved love songs. Every Valentine's Day, I remember him buying a red carnation for my grandmomma, my momma and my sister. That was something you could count on every year.

The life that I live and the experiences that I have always affect what comes out of me creatively. I think that's what makes music real.

I grew up around people that enjoyed life day to day and found pleasure in simple things.

You hear about quality time a lot but I really think that quantity time with a person is really what strengthens a relationship. That's when you really get to know somebody. You get to know their strengths and their weaknesses and that brings you closer. That's what 'Time Is Love' is all about.

I play basketball all the time. Me and my band play every week on the road. That's something that I've never really given up since high school.