Tonight I feel like a prisoner on fire, waiting desperately... denied, sentenced forever more. Only your love can set me free.

Black music has increased my enjoyment of what I do. It has increased my range, my ability to reach into myself and accept myself.

To sing along with Stevie Wonder, you had to make your voice do things it was not accustomed to doing

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

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

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.

I love songwriting. It's second to my love for singing in how I express myself.