I feel like my unwillingness to look for healthy options now is the reason why I have put my weight back on. … Everybody knows how to diet, everybody has had their shares of ups and downs of yo-yo diets, but the hardest thing is to learn really how to make this a lifestyle that you can sustain for the rest of your life.

You have to learn that if you start making sure you feel good, everything will be okay.

I've never had any health problems and I'm Ruben, man, all the way through.

I have a greater goal - to empower young people through music education.

People just take your kindness for weakness sometimes, and that's just the bottom line.

I am comfortable with anything I sing: jazz, gospel, classical. It doesn't matter. I can do it all.

And I just pray that god gives me longevity in the music industry.