I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity.

I believe I'm one of the loneliest people in the world.

I believe in God.....I gain strength from God. I believe in Jehovah, God, very much.....I believe in God and love God.

My deepest gratitude to the Creator for His gift to me...the joy I receive in creating my music.

To me, ballads are special, because you can have a pop song that’ll be know for three weeks and then you’ll hear nothing else about it. Nobody else will record it and it’ll just be gone. But if you do a good ballad, it’ll be in the world forever.

In the end, the most important thing is to be true to yourself and those you love and work hard. I mean, work like there's no tomorrow. Train. Strive. I mean, really train and cultivate your talent to the highest degree. Be the best at what you do. Get to know more about your field than anybody alive. Use the tools of your trade, if it's books or a floor to dance on or a body of water to swim in. Whatever it is, it's yours.

I love fairytales. I like fantasy a lot, science fiction, I like magic. I like to create magic. I love magic.