Your kids can say some cruel things to you at times. For example, Nicole, Miles and Sofie are standing there in the room and I'm dressed to kill in my own mind. They'll say to me, 'Dad, you're not going out there looking like that are you?' If that doesn't kill a star, I don't know what does!

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.

No one can deny, this love I have inside, and I'll give it all to you, my endless love.

Just when I think it couldn't get any bigger, 'Tuskegee' reaches a new level of success.

When will we ever learn, there's nowhere else we can turn.

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.

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.