I think what I bring to the table overall is a sense of my own individuality, especially in the urban-male spectrum of what is here and now.

I feel like R&B as a genre has become a caricature of itself.

I'm a firm believer that when children have a strong conviction about something, it's often because there's some powerful experience from a past life. Something that they didn't get to fulfill.

I think I'll always make music that sounds different from what is current, but I doubt that it'll sound consistently the same as what I've been doing.

I'm a nice guy, but I like to get into trouble.

What makes your life different from the next n***a? There is something special about you, so let me help you bring out your individuality.

I would say that the most complex style of singing comes from India. Real, classical Indian music produces probably the best technical and natural singers in the world, just because the patterns and the inflection are so complex in how the style moves and what it requires vocally. I think the best classical singers come from India.