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.

My earliest memories of country music are the Grand Ole Opry.

Exactly when people are in turmoil is the time that the entertainment business has always been at its best. Because people don't want to be reminded every day that they are under siege, or that they're not having a great time of life.

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.

All artists are egotistical maniacs with inferiority complexes.

I'm easy like Sunday Morning.

My first love, you're every breath that I take, you're every step I make