You're presuming too much by using the word legacy - presuming that someone is going to care.

A lot of my success comes from black music. It's something I'm very proud of.

I was blown away by the control and the range that I was hearing. I'm listening to Pavarotti and thinking, What the hell have I been doing with my voice all these years?

I accept that appearance is a big thing in this business. But being around Hollywood and having actor friends and doing music videos, it does make you more aware of how you look. With music videos they send you rough cuts, and in certain frames of me, I just see a nose advert.

One song will launch you, but you don't want to be a one-song artist

The Top 40 is geared toward 20 and under, not 20 and up. That's the audience I'm geared to

For years I've kept a list of dream projects.