I have to have lemon and honey. I have to have apple cider vinegar, Braggs. And I have to have either Red Vines or Twizzlers. These things, you know, are the things that help my vocal performance.

Once you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it.

I didn't never have to go to a therapist. I just always put it in a song and you heard me.

Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That's the power music has.

Working in the studio is a more personal experience whereas on stage in front of a billion people, its more exciting performing live.

You either learn from your experiences or go back and do the same thing, and I learned from my experiences.

I believe there are certain things that God uses to get us out of a bad situation, and I believe music was one of the things he used for me.