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

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.

Entertain the people. Give them something they're not ready for, make them talk.

I hate not giving the people what they want.

I grew up in a Hollywood family with money, so money is not the reason I make music. I'm as Hollywood as it gets. Not internally but externally - that's my bloodline.

Life is full of constant ups and downs, and all I ask for is redemption in the end.

Some people go to college. For me I studied music my whole life. That was my college.