The title of your fifth album is Onmyradio. Playing off the album's title, fill-in-the-blank with whatever song comes to mind: "When ______ comes on my radio, the entire world fades into the background."
I think that would have to be Stevie Wonder's song "Visions" off his album Innervisions.
Interesting choice! And when one of your songs comes on the radio, what do you do?
I listen to it to see how it sounds on the radio and then I start thinking about how other people think it sounds.
Most artists can be their own harshest critics. So what would you like in as far as pushing the boundaries of R&B?
I'm not really interested in pushing the boundaries of R&B. I am interested more so in pushing the boundaries of what people expect from me musically. I don't want people to just expect R&B from me because there's more to music than just R&B music. I recognize that it's part of my culture and I'm proud of it and honored that I can contribute to it but there's more to music than just R&B. That's a critical point that I'm trying to make.
As you have moved from album to album, is there a specific piece of advice that has shaped the course of your career?
I have received a lot of good advice. The best advice is probably for me to do what I know to be real and know to be good, because the music that I create is for more than just myself. Since I'm providing a public service to people, it is important for me to do my best and to do right by the people through music.
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