I can assure you, nothing in my performance will be deflated

My career is like an artichoke. People might think that the leaves are tasty and buttered up and delicious, and they don't even know that there's something magical hidden at the base of it. There's a whole other side of me that people didn't know existed.

I came from a lot of intolerance and prejudice, which aren't necessarily healthy to evolve as a human.

This is the city that taught me how to write all of these cool songs. Yeah, you guys definitely need a royalty.

My dad would give me $10, which is a lot of money when you're 9, to sing at church, on tables at restaurants, at family functions, just about anywhere.

No regrets, just love. We can dance until we die. You and I, we'll be young forever!

I did my gospel record, but there was nothing really of it. Maybe a hundred people bought it. But it's one of those things on the internet that people find and they make into a big deal.