I kiss people with my soul. I don't kiss them with my mouth.

The gray area, the place between black and white - that's the place where life happens.

My idol when I was growing up was Michael Jordan the basketball player because of his work ethic rather than his talent and because of what he went through to be as good as he was.

I sang in church growing up. Memphis is the blues capital of the world, we like to say.

Teen pop will never die as long as there are teens and popular music. It just takes a different head.

The way I grew up, I was always taught that it's uncouth to talk about money, and that's not what should inspire you.

In creating music you are the writer, the director, the producer, you create it from scratch. Obviously in playing a role in a film, you take guidance and put your trust into the director. You come into it and you really trust people.