I think the whole world is dying to hear someone say, 'I love you.' I think that if I can leave the legacy of love and passion in the world, then I think I've done my job in a world that's getting colder and colder by the day.

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.

The music business was not safe, but it was FUN. It was like falling in love with a woman you know is bad for you, but you love every minute with her, anyway.

I am a country boy and proud of it.

All artists are egotistical maniacs with inferiority complexes.

I always like to challenge myself. I never want to be put into a box.

Growing up with country, R&B, gospel, and classical music from my grandmother and pop, Tuskegee was the perfect melting pot for my influences as a writer.