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Usher is amazing. He's perfection to me as a performer. He gets down.

Usher is definitely somebody I came up listening to.

I think Usher is a bonafide superstar because he's very honest in his songs, and people can relate to that, especially in the feelings and textures of his voice. He is one of the best.

I love sending stuff to Usher because it always sounds better than me.

I think I can beat Usher on the dance floor.

I'm not gonna say that I hate it, because I really respect Usher and I was influenced by him. But so many people compare me to him, and I don't think it'll ever stop. I just want to be my own artist.

I would love to do a record with Usher.

I'm coming from a Ginuwine and Usher background: slow and smooth songs. And that's why I really connected to Sam Cooke, because he was just very smooth. It's not like the James Brown types, which is all great stuff, but he was totally set apart from those guys.

I love Whitney Houston. I absolutely love her song, 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody.'