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When I'm Making My Music, I'm Writing It, I'm Producing It, I'm Playing All The Instruments, I'm Performing. It's My Own World Where I Do What I Feel, And Nobody Tells Me Anything.

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.

A Lot Of My Songs Deal With Spirituality And God, And I Guess If You're In Tune With That, You'll Read Into It.

My Mother Passed At The End Of The Circus Tour. After That I Really Needed To Take Some Time And Just Chill Out And Get My Head Together.

Good Design Is Being Able To Put A $100,000 Thing Next To A $20 Thing. If It Looks Right And It Works Then It Works. It Doesn't Have To Be Expensive; It's All About The High Meets Low For Me.