Just when I think it couldn't get any bigger, 'Tuskegee' reaches a new level of success.
I just like people. I'll hold a conversation at a gas station. It's not about the fame and the fortune, I just like people.
By growing up in Alabama, I had a melting pot of the whole pie: R&B, gospel, country.
All artists are egotistical maniacs with inferiority complexes.
My first love, you're every breath that I take, you're every step I make
It's quite interesting that in my growing up I had several influences. We had gospel music on campus. R&B music was, of course, the community, and radio was country music. So I can kind of see where all the influences came from.