I do not cook. However, if I did, I'd cook all Italian food, all the time.

Prince is the ultimate performer. Prince is that dude that's going to get on stage by himself, if he need to, but hold you in the palm of his hand. Like, you can't take your eyes off the man when he's on stage, and he could just be sitting there playing his guitar.

For the first few years of my life my mom used to cut my hair so there were a lot of bowl-cut hair styles

I feel there is always room for good music. I want to reach people's soul with my lyrics through whatever vessel God chooses.

If you believe in yourself, it doesn't matter what others might be telling you is impossible. It's all up to you!

I named my album Year of the Gentleman. Just looking at how the essence of what it is to be a gentleman is very much lacking nowadays. Someone said to me that chivalry is dead, and I hated to have to agree, but it's true.

I probably wouldn't be singing if not for Michael Jackson. When I started singing, I didn't like my tone until my mom put me on to Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder, so listening to the way they used their instrument helped me get more comfortable with my own.