I grew up in Tennessee, and if you didn't play football, you were a sissy. I got slurs all the time because I was in music and art...I was an outcast in a lot of ways...but everything that you get picked on for or you feel makes you weird is essentially what's going to make you sexy as an adult.

I just feel like there's something to be said about feeling comfortable with what you have and don't have. And - for instance, I don't think I'm particularly a great singer, but I feel like I write songs that complement my voice, you know, and I feel like it's unique. And I don't feel like I'm particularly a great actor, for instance, but I feel like I approach each thing that I do with some level of sensitivity. And I would say that comedy in general is the most disarming.

The Holy Land... What an experience. I will never forget this day.

You're not meant to do what's easy, you're meant to challenge yourself.

I would never do anything just for spite.

I really didn't try to make an effort to make urban music, but I am a product of my inspirations.

The fans have been great to me. I don't think it's asking too much to have me sign something for them.