I'm in the process of brainstorming with my marketing team and all that stuff, trying to come up with a concept for a late-night restaurant for people in Birmingham.

I'm racing against me. As long as I come across the finish, I'll be okay.

When one person does something that works, everyone else wants to do it. So it didn't surprise me at all to see people come with different versions of 'American Idol' and a lot of them are exactly the same but with different twists.

I have a greater goal - to empower young people through music education.

I like doing theaters. I like being up close and personal with the fans. It's really cool.

People just take your kindness for weakness sometimes, and that's just the bottom line.