Nobody dressed like my dad. When he worked at the bank, he looked like Richard Gere in Gigolo. And he would do it all the night before, laying out the suit he'd wear the next day. Even on weekends, if he had to go into the office, he'd wear a trouser pant with a V-neck sweater and tie. And I was like, I want to dress like that! He was just so cool.

If you asked me what pop is right now. I'd say hip hop.

I believe people can move things with their minds.

All you can do as an artist is do what you think is an extension of you. You put down on paper ... who you are. That's what being an artist is all about. And when it gets done, you don't look back at it and say, Oh, I could have done that better.

A gentleman can never have too many bow ties.

Obviously, with creating music you are solely responsible for the creation of it.

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