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Before I was through my teens, I had been introduced and exposed to artists who would, in later years, become legendary.

I got thrust into some great things when I was really young.

But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.

Success happened little by little for me. I tasted the flavor of fame in small doses: I started at 10 years old when I won a music contest; I was performing at birthday parties, company meetings.

Fame introduced me to a world of instant gratification and decadence I hadn't seen before.

Whatever fame came did so not because I sought it.

I wanted fame, but I thought it would be incremental, and I became afraid of the overnight-sensation thing.

I think fame became exciting for me in the late '90s because I could actually use it as a means to an end. I could actually have it help me serve my vocationfulness.