I was seven years old the first time I saw Michael Jackson. That changed everything.

I just want to say that dreams do come true. Don't ever give up on your dreams. Sometimes it just takes a little bit longer for some of us.

You have to give love to get love.

I've been influenced heavily by great soul artists. I see myself as a soul singer. I sing from my soul - I write from my soul.

I don't like labels, but I do have blue eyes and I'm soulful, so what am I going to do?

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.

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

I really try to wake up with my music the same as I do with my life, and that is with no expectations. I just feel what I feel that day and follow it.

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

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.

Defeat anger, stop using it as a shield against truth, and you will find the compassion you need to forgive the people you love.

Only what is seen, appreciated, and loved will be missed in its absence which makes humans creatures of habit

Turned out, monsters were capable of love after all. But it didn’t mean they should.

It’s a lot cleaner when Command kills you on purpose . . . than when they do it by accident.

I want to be the George Clooney of music.

Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.

I have had a life in which I have had to face every big fear, and it has not been pleasant.

The english word thanks comes from the same root word as think. Maybe if leaders were more 'think-ful' about the contribution of others, they would be more 'thankful' to them.

You believe God is not there, but He is, Hidden in the secret of the divine mystery

I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn't have any drums.