I mean always had a lot of self-confidence.

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

In life we all go through different situations that cause you to reflect. I had the opportunity to be married to a wonderful person. And for some reason two good people couldn't make a good thing work. But in life, the one thing that I love about being an artist is that you can sometimes use the pain that you go through to make beautiful things.

I've been blessed because there are a lot of great singers out there that didn't make it past their first album.

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

You can be confident and secure and know that you do a good job at what you do. But you don't know to be arrogant about it.

I'm racing against me. As long as I come across the finish, I'll be okay.