If you had told me when I was starting out that I would be coming down to Nashville, kind of weaving in and out of the country scene, I never would've thought that in a million years.

I'm all about change, and I know things are going to move forward in life, and that's just how it goes.

I didn't come from a trailer park. I grew up middle class and my dad had money and my mom made my lunch. I got a car when I was sixteen. I'm proud of that.

I'm not worried about headlines affecting my family, especially my son. He knows who I am. Whatever these things he is reading, he has a different perspective than the rest of the world just as a lot of my friends do.

It's not that I'm Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes now, but I've got my priorities in order.

Everything I've done in my career has started in and around Detroit, you know, the metro area and Michigan.

I still love old-school hip-hop, but there hasn't been a lot that I've taken from the new stuff.