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..

You have to give love to get love..

I love 'Game of Thrones.' That's my favorite..

Life is full of constant ups and downs, and all I ask for is redemption in the end..

I hate not giving the people what they want..

I really try to wake up with my music the same as I do with my life, and that is with no expectations. I just feel what I feel that day and follow it..

My songs don't play on pop radio; they play on black radio..

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….

There's an audience for all kinds of great art..

I'm trying to create the world around myself to be a place of as much equality and openheartedness as possible..

I'm going to go with ZZ Top -- they're my faves . . . because of the whole thing that they do with the guitars and the old Father Time beards..