I used to think I was a singer; I had my own delusions about it.

You can only be free as an artist if you’re free as a person.

I’m still true to my Southern roots.

I’ve sung background for a couple of bands.

You never know what the future brings.

Figure out who you are.

Kelly, Kelly, Kelly. I love your voice man, you give me chills… Brilliant.

You’re one of the most natural, great singers I’ve heard in a long time.

If you look at the charts every year, there may be five or ten memorable songs from each year.

I always wanted to be a leading man!

I believe that you should move and eat right.

If I’m paying money to come to see you, you shouldn’t look like everybody else in the crowd.

I’m a much healthier eater and I’ve lost quite a bit of weight over the years.

I can’t touch Simon anymore.

If it’s music, I love it.

If you can turn your wants into your needs, you can do anything.

I chalk up the fact that I got diabetes to my body saying, ‘Dude, you have been doing wrong for way too long!’

I don’t want to be held down by genres so much.

I always say the greats just get better.

My ego is really good. I don’t need to watch myself on TV, like some others.

I love people who break boundaries and always create something new and fresh.

I feel it’s my responsibility to turn people on to great music.

I was having serious issues with becoming a diabetic.

The public always picks quality.

It’s smarter to look at portions than to count calories.

I think any show after the Super Bowl will have huge numbers.

I’m actually a pretty good tennis player!

There is a lot of territory out there still to explore TV-wise, show-wise, movie-wise, everything.

Accept who you are and try and make the best of that.

I think there’s an abundance of talent in America and there will never be not a lot of talent out there.

Move every day. Like taking a shower and brushing your teeth. Make it a part of your everyday life.

Well, basically I have a lot of friends because I’ve been in the business a long time and worked with a lot of people.

When you’re used to being in the public eye, if you’ve got a disease, you’ve got to own up to it. It’s about being about it, not running from it.

The pop-star thing bores me because it’s somebody programming someone else. Stand over here, sing that, no, sing it like this, talk like that, when they ask you this, don’t say that, say this, hold...

You know, I’m kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.

You can never go more than three or four hours without having something to nibble on or eat – you have to graze all day long.

Every label thinks, when they sign someone, ‘This is the perfect pedigree to sign. They’re cute, they can sing, they can dance, et cetera.’ And they say to the public, ‘Here, this is what you’re...