Gossip is called gossip because it's not always the truth.

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

We gotta figure out a way to pay our teachers more. They're like surrogate parents away from home. They have such a huge responsibility and they're underappreciated and underpaid.

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.

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

My step-dad is probably the greatest man I've ever known. The best advice I've ever been given was when he told me to enjoy my life because one day I'm not going to be as agile as I am now.

Every time you do a project, you learn something new.