I Used To Feel So Shy Speaking

With Dates I Like To Cater A Girl. We Do Whatever She Likes. If She Was Open To What I Wanted To Do, It Probably Wouldn't Be A Dull Date, Because I Am A Jock.

I Tried To Stay Away From The Euro Beats, And Not Go Totally Pop. Instead, I Wanted To Take The Quincy Jones Approach. The Record Pays Homage To The Stevie Wonders, The Michael Jacksons, The Sam Cookes. I Wanted To Put That Classic Essence Of R&b And Soul With The New Age Of Music Now. There’s A Lot Of Live Instruments, And A Lot Less Auto-tune. I Really Wanted To Demonstrate My Vocal Ability, Creating The Vibe Of Me Singing Along With A Band.

It's The Roman Numeral For 10. 5/5/89 Is My Birthday: 5 Plus 5 Is 10, And This Is My Tenth Year Since I Got Into Music. 'x' Is The 24th Letter In The Alphabet, And I Will Turn 24 When This Album Comes Out. 'x' Is Also A Metaphor, As In 'ex-girlfriend': It Implies You're Progressing And Moving On In Life, Not Holding On To The Past And Your Old Ways.

I Started When I Was About 11, Singing.

I Got A Chance To Get An Actual Label. I Performed This Slow Song, This Ballad I Have. I Just Remember Going To The First Woman I Saw In The Room And Just Getting On My Knees Holding Her Hand Just Singing. And I Was Like, You Know What, I Got To Just Sell It. I Remember That Day They Were Like, Yo We Want To Sign You. [after] I Went Into The Bathroom, I Started Crying, [and] I Called My Mom. I Was Like Momma – I Did It.