I consider what I do soul music, it's music that is concerned with the soul.

I grew up with a great sense of insecurity in figuring out what I was and where I belonged.

The whole time we're traveling the world. You really mature. You're not just learning truth. The truth is changing you and maturing you.

I want to be able to get my point across. I respect people expressing their freedoms and their liberties and their rights, but at the same time I'm almost mindful that my freedoms can be other people's downfalls. I don't want to flash my freedoms in your face all the time, especially if they're going to be detrimental. I can get you to understand my point without going overboard, and we're cool.

If you plan to excel in big things, you have to develop the habit in the small ones.

You've got to admit you're broken before you can be made whole.

Some people are scared to tell the truth, but I'm going to tell you the Good, the bad, the ugly," it's like, "Let's go there. Let's talk about it."