My songs don't play on pop radio; they play on black radio.

My gift and my curse is that I really want to be loved. What drives me to make music is love - whether it's shallow or deep or whatever. I want to do things that make people love me.

Right now, with terrorism and poverty and Wall Street and Social Security having problems, nudity should not be the issue.

I write songs like "The Sweetest Love." Of course I'm a little cheesy. Love is cheesy. Love is corny. But it's also the greatest feeling in the whole world.

My songs don't play on pop radio; they play on black radio.

I love 'Game of Thrones.' That's my favorite.

I'd like to collaborate with Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige.