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?

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

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

Its a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. Its a confluence of these different elements that makes something powerful.

Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being.

When I started studying for the arias it was like going into training for a heavyweight title fight

You can't make everybody love what you do, but you can know how great you feel doing it.