I'm Easy Like Sunday Morning.

Believe Me, I Love Commerce As Much As The Rest Of The Readers Of 'businessweek.' But In Art, You Have To Be True To Yourself And Your Musical Vision. People Have Known Me Well For A Long Time, So If I Was Chasing A Trend And Doing Something That Wasn't Authentic To Who I Am, They Would Know It In Just A Few Seconds.

I Don't Think I'm Going To Be Priest Material.

It's Quite Interesting That In My Growing Up I Had Several Influences. We Had Gospel Music On Campus. R&b Music Was, Of Course, The Community, And Radio Was Country Music. So I Can Kind Of See Where All The Influences Came From.

Country Music Has Always Been About As Close To R&b As You Can Possibly Get. We're Storytellers.

People, As Critical As It Looks, We're Ok. We Are In Control, Whether We Feel It Or Not.