I Don't Play The Tuba.

I'm Always Sort Of Reflecting On What I Do On What I've Done. Usually Before I Make A New Album, I'll Listen To The Previous Albums Just To See Where I've Been.

My Mother Gave Lots Of Good Advice And Had A Lot To Say. As You Get Older, You Realize Everything She Said Was True.

I'm Experiencing The Mood To Go Out And Share The Music. I Don't Look At These Concerts As A Platform For People To Watch Me, Look At Me. No, A Tour Is About An Interaction. A Thing, Myself, A Band, And The People Who Support What I Do And Enjoy What I Do.

I Was An Actor When I Was A Teenager And It Could Have Been The Direction That I Headed In. But Music And My Relationship With Music Is Quite Deep, And It Really Is The Nucleus Of My Creativity. So I Gave Up Acting So I Could Pursue Music Fully, And I Never Thought About Really Going Back. And Then [director] Lee Daniels Met Me And Wanted To Work With Me, And That's How It Started.

I Think That We Have To Be Very Careful And Get Back Into The Loop, Get Back To Nature. Get Back To God And Not Let The Technology Send Us Somewhere That We're Going To Regret.