I've been influenced heavily by great soul artists. I see myself as a soul singer. I sing from my soul - I write from my soul..

Bob Dylan and John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen, these are soul guys. Bruce Springsteen might not sing like Otis Redding, but he sings with white sou….

You have to give love to get love..

Being critical is not something I like to do. I like to appreciate and inspire..

Women and their bodies are beautiful. Men are always gonna want to follow them around..

I was seven years old the first time I saw Michael Jackson. That changed everything..

There is nothing normal about a musician's lifestyle; I don't have a nine-to-five job at the post office..

I grew up in a Hollywood family with money, so money is not the reason I make music. I'm as Hollywood as it gets. Not internally but externally - tha….

I spent my whole career playing it safe, being a gentleman, never doing anything controversial..

My gift and my curse is that I really want to be loved. What drives me to make music is love - whether it's shallow or deep or whatever. I want to do….

Entertain the people. Give them something they're not ready for, make them talk..

I'd like to collaborate with Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige..

While other kids played with cars and toys, I listened to music all day. I wanted to sing it and learn it..

I write songs like "The Sweetest Love." Of course I'm a little cheesy. Love is cheesy. Love is corny. But it's also the greatest feeling in the whole….

Growing up, I loved Bill Cosby..

Inspiration and stealing are two completely different things. If somebody wants to make a song like "Stairway to Heaven" and writes a song on acousti….

There's nothing women love more than an effort. You can even mess it up. The shoes that you bought don't have to be right. You might have gotten the ….

I just want to say that dreams do come true. Don't ever give up on your dreams. Sometimes it just takes a little bit longer for some of us..

Right now, with terrorism and poverty and Wall Street and Social Security having problems, nudity should not be the issue..

Like with acting, if you're charming or just good-looking, you might be able to get your foot in the door. But a lot of time with music, you actually….

I took whatever the devil offered me..