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

And to be able to do it, to be able to accomplish the goal you've always set for yourself is always a blessing.

I'm in the process of brainstorming with my marketing team and all that stuff, trying to come up with a concept for a late-night restaurant for people in Birmingham.

The only thing about my life that's really changed is the fact that a lot of people know me now. I'm still the same person.

I just never let anything bother me, man. I know myself really well. Nobody's opinion of me can shake my opinion of myself.

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

So I've never in my whole life really been teased about my weight.