I feel like everything is inspired by something else. There is no 100 percent original thought.

Sexy as she wanna be and she dancing next so close to me. I said please excuse, you steppin on expensive shoes.

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 watch cartoons the way most adults watch reality-TV shows.

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.

Fear is a healthy part of success.

I pride myself on being the type of artist who can work half in the R&B world and half in the pop world.