“I love artists like Prince, who hold on to that element of mystery.”

Never had much faith in love or miracles, Never wanna put my heart on the line.

I got so much love for classical music and I hear so much incredible music.You should know a bunch of music and have respect for all sorts of genres and styles of music.

If you ever forget how much you really mean to me, Every day I will remind you.

There’s always a bittersweet kind of thing, but I feel like everything had to work out the way it is. Everything that had to happen, happened.

My goals are – I don’t need much. I’m a simple man. I think that success is having fun. And when I’m having fun doing music, I’m happy. If I can make a little money on the side doing it, I’m really happy.

I can put some chords together and maybe write a song, but I’m learning every day. And that’s the fun part.

Oh every time I close my eyes I see my name in shining lights.

I grew up with so many different songs that the ones that are fun to play are the ones I want to do.

I feel, as a songwriter, it’s one of the hardest things to do – to sit down and say how you feel.

No one sells a song better than the person that wrote it.

Expect me to give my all. Thats what I do every time I have a show. Give my all.

What I’m hoping is that every album I’m going to do will give my audience something different, and that they’ll grow as I do.

It’s probably the worst feeling in the world, when you’re deeply and madly in love with a woman and you know she’s not feeling you the same way, and you don’t know why.

You have to envision your life, and then go backwards.

I could sing you a thousand and one doo-wop songs. I love the simplicity in that music. It’s not super-poetic, it’s just from the heart.

I don’t like two stories. I like one story. I never grew up with stairs. I like to stick to what I know.

Compared to a lot of artists, I’m usually quite covered up in videos and photo shoots.

I think I’m a much better painter than an actor.

It feels like I’m starting to come into my own in terms of where I want to go artistically, toward more complicated, interesting characters.

All were artists, playing foolish, having fights and making love as if the rest of the world had no racial problems whatsoever.

People sometimes ask if I want to be a solo artist, but it just wouldn’t be any fun being on your own.

There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.

I want to sell out arenas and make an album and work with some of the best artists in the world.

I am an artist. I am here to live out loud.