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" I was raised on Marvin Gaye. Before I knew Babyface or anyone else, I knew Marvin Gaye. My mother played Marvin Gaye. "

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" Before any girl was making me her Man Crush Monday, I was a singer. Back before I had muscles, when I had a bird chest, I was a singer. I've always been like this, and I've gotten better because I've progressed. "

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" I've grown from being around other singers. I've learned not to be afraid. A part of that is from writing my own songs and discovering how to tell my own story properly. "

" I love to be loved. Whether it is by a significant other or an acquaintance, I get it. "

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" If you're truly serious about your physique and health, in totality, I think you need to pull out all stops. You need to really just hone in on that warrior within. "

" Marvin Gaye, I'm super influenced by him. D'Angelo, Donny Hathaway. All the old school cats. New people, I like M83. I like Coldplay. I love Frank Ocean. Miguel. I get inspired by all these cats. People don't know that me and Frank Ocean went to high school together. "

" As an only child, you've got to stand up for yourself. "

" I want people to know me for following my dreams. "

" It is such an unimaginable honor to be sharing the light yet again with Beyonce on her sold out Mrs. Carter Show World Tour. This is a blessing that I do not take lightly. "

" 'Wait a Minute,' which I consider my expose, came from a place of someone asking me to make a decision: basically presenting me with an ultimatum and me just feeling the need to just lay it out on the table. "

" I want to buy my mother a huge house in New Orleans so she can open up a bed and breakfast. "

" In love, I've been a deceiver. But I realized being honest is so much easier than lying and being deceitful. "

" I didn't get cool until I got to high school and people found out I could sing. "

" I think love is important. "

" I've always had a love for music, and it developed as I learned jazz, blues, and gospel. And I performed with jazz singers in New Orleans. "

" You have to stand on your beliefs. "

" I'm always going forward, and there's no limits. "

" I can't ever doubt myself. Never. "

" When I think of the great artists that I admire, they always had something, whether it be their hair, rings, or whatever. "

" I've always wanted to sing and to be an entertainer. After high school, I moved from New Orleans to Los Angeles and started songwriting. But I didn't really get serious until then. "

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" I consider myself an honest soul. "

" What I learned from Beyonce is just the focus, the drive, and to stay creative and to always give, just keep giving. Throughout the years that she's been doing it, since Destiny's Child to now, she's been giving. "