I'm a kid who grew up in an all African-American neighborhood and got into schools and aspired to just be me, and didn't worry about labels or anythi….

Rock and roll was something to fall back on. If I had my choice, I'd be Jerry Rice and I'd be playing until I was forty-five..

I expect to make a career out of country music..

I just wanted to go out and make a record that Ive always wanted to make since I was a kid..