Sometimes if you want to achieve something great, there will be curveballs. You just have to dodge them every once in a while..

Unfortunately, I think a lot of people are affected more by the idea of fame than the actual work ethic involved. A lot of them just want to be reali….

I had this lump in my throat, but I couldn't even cry. I thought, I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up. I was just sitting there in my car that I was ….

I feel really blessed because of where I come from..

I'll continue to try and balance like a circus act. And I will just fight to always tell the truth. Even if it's difficult..

I missed out on the Spice Girls. I missed out on all those big pop phenomenon and missed out even on the Madonna records. It's okay, cuz I'm playing ….

I did my gospel record, but there was nothing really of it. Maybe a hundred people bought it. But it's one of those things on the internet that peopl….

People don't want just vanilla. They want 31 flavors. I couldn't do what Rihanna does. I couldn't do what Gaga does. They can't do what I do..

I think sometimes when children grow up, their parents grow up. Mine grew up with me. We coexist. I don't try to change them anymore, and I don't thi….

One thing I can't do, and I hope that there are other people out there that feel the same way, is climb a rope. Oh my gosh, it's so hard to climb rop….

The media tried to destroy my parents and has taken things completely out of context, but there's not a whole lot you can do in terms of fighting bac….

I feel like my secret magic trick that separates me from a lot of my peers is the bravery to be vulnerable and truthful and honest..

I came from a different mind-set growing up, and my mind has changed..

If people want a role model, they can have Miley Cyrus..

My parents were strict, but it was the world I lived in. I had no idea there was a world outside..

I crushed on the most popular guy in school! I saw him at a concert and I shouted out," Is that Shane Lopes? You were the most popular guy in my clas….

I'm definitely not trying to be, or am, a poster child for anything so structured. But I do have my own personal faith most definitely..

What I wanted to be and who I am is a singer and a songwriter. I wanted to be onstage, and I wanted the world to hear my music. The product of that i….

I like a good boy, but sometimes you get bored..

We're technology obsessed. I think it's easier to text than to actually say hi to someone..

I grew up raised in church, my parents are both traveling ministers. They blocked out MTV which was fine, but I'd find myself figuring out who New Ki….