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I Went To College On A Classical Piano Scholarship. My Grandmother Made Me Practice One Full Hour A Day. Every Day. Man. I Thought All She Wanted Was For Me Not To Have Any Fun. Next Thing You Know, You Have A Career In Music. Now, Not Everybody's Going To Go On And Be Mozart Or Michael Jackson. But Music Makes You Smarter.

I'd Like To Say I'm R&b's Savior. Whether That's The Truth Or Not, I'm Definitely Going Out There With My Mic And My Shield To Declare, 'i Am Here To Save R&b.' I Will Have The People Saying, 'sir, There Is A Man At The Musical Gates Saying He Is Here To Save R&b.

I Want To Thank My Daughter, Who Told Me, 'if You Don't Win, Dad, You're Still Good,' ... Who Taught Me How To Act.

A Lot Of People May Not Know How Competitive It Is To Play Classical Music, Because When You Think About It, The Music That You're Playing Is Music That's Been Here For Years. And All You're Trying To Do Is Improve Upon It When You Play.

We Cannot Turn Our Back And Say That Violence In Films Or Anything That We Do Doesn't Have A Sort Of Influence. It Does.