I'm still true to my Southern roots.

Every label thinks, when they sign someone, 'This is the perfect pedigree to sign. They're cute, they can sing, they can dance, et cetera.' And they say to the public, 'Here, this is what you're gonna like.' But you might say, 'No, I don't like that!' You'll probably say 'no' many more times than you'll say 'yes!

I chalk up the fact that I got diabetes to my body saying, 'Dude, you have been doing wrong for way too long!'

Accept who you are and try and make the best of that.

When you're used to being in the public eye, if you've got a disease, you've got to own up to it. It's about being about it, not running from it.

You can only be free as an artist if you're free as a person.

I think any show after the Super Bowl will have huge numbers.