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

The essence of being a gentleman is to understand the way you're supposed to treat a respectable woman.

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

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

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.

I don't want to call myself a perfectionist because perfection is imperfection.

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.