I always refer back to the days of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, the Rat Pack. Back when everyone wore a suit because that's what it was to be an entertainer. You were stylish and you were fly, and it was an effortless fly.

What is hot now will not be hot tomorrow, I promise you. Trends are made to die. It's the truth.

There is no pain like the first time you get your heart broken.

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

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

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.

I have my diehard R&B fans on one side of the spectrum and my diehard pop and dance fans on the other side of the spectrum.