I'm Just Going To Go Out There

With The Song 'this Christmas' I Wanted To Do Something That Was Kind Of Different. I Mean, Donny Hathaway Is An Amazing Artist. So I Wanted To Bring My Flavor To The Song So When People Over The Age Of 45 Or 50 Hear It They'll Be Like 'ok, He Did His Thing With That Record.' It's Like I Can Appeal To Everybody And Not Just A Younger Demographic.

My Personal Life Is The Same. At The End Of The Day, This Is Just A Job. I Love What I Do, And It's A Great Job. But It's Like My Alter Ego. There's Chris Brown The Singer. And There's Christopher Brown, The Down-home Tappahannock Boy That Plays Video Games And Basketball And Hangs Out.

I Tried To Stay Away From The Euro Beats, And Not Go Totally Pop. Instead, I Wanted To Take The Quincy Jones Approach. The Record Pays Homage To The Stevie Wonders, The Michael Jacksons, The Sam Cookes. I Wanted To Put That Classic Essence Of R&b And Soul With The New Age Of Music Now. There’s A Lot Of Live Instruments, And A Lot Less Auto-tune. I Really Wanted To Demonstrate My Vocal Ability, Creating The Vibe Of Me Singing Along With A Band.

Out Of All The Airports That Are Out There Only About 5 Percent Have Commercial Service.

I Got A Chance To Get An Actual Label. I Performed This Slow Song, This Ballad I Have. I Just Remember Going To The First Woman I Saw In The Room And Just Getting On My Knees Holding Her Hand Just Singing. And I Was Like, You Know What, I Got To Just Sell It. I Remember That Day They Were Like, Yo We Want To Sign You. [after] I Went Into The Bathroom, I Started Crying, [and] I Called My Mom. I Was Like Momma – I Did It.