I Don't Play The Tuba.

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.

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.

It Was Amazing To Me That, All Of A Sudden, I Was Hearing My Music On The Radio And Coming Out Of Cars.

I Fell In Love With Paris The First Time I Went.

I've Lived My Life Dealing With Everybody. And That's How It's Always Been For Me.