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I would like to be remembered as a - somebody who could rock your soul or make your cry with a song. And somebody who's kind, who loved to laugh, and loved his God.

The artist who gave me the most inspiration and direction, especially as a singer - and I absolutely consider myself a singer, 100 percent - is Nina Simone. She's my ultimate pianist-singer-type person.

Singing songs that represent everything I am is just the best feeling in the world.

The only thing I want to be defined by is my music and personality.

My music is inspired by my life: the people in my life, the people I have relationships with, the people I love, the people that make me feel something.

I started reading about people of great accomplishment... and it dawned on me suddenly that the person who has the most to do with what happens in your life is you.

I feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment. Everything is in tune: the voice, the type of music, who I am and who people think I am.

My music is the most 'me' thing about me. Everything is in my music.

Everyday I strive to, at least, recognise my short-comings and the things I have to do to be the best person that I can possibly be.

I know who I am and what I'm doing in my life and what I've accomplished and continue to accomplish as a performer, as a writer, as an artist, as a person, as a human being.