I'm a little bit more spunky, ... ... The tonal quality of my voice is slightly different.

[The quality of the products, made in countries ranging from China to Swaziland and even the United States, isn't impeccable--sizes are not uniform, and the stitching is clumsy at times. Yet some consumers don't mind the price-quality trade-off.] They target the 'good enough' consumer, ... Cost is harder to control when you're bigger. The challenge comes when you hit 200 to 300 stores--that's when you lose control.

I just want the people to know that there will be a brighter day.

Sometimes I want to cry when I see all that's happened in New Orleans. It was really hard to go back home and see the place like that ... but He won't put no more on you than you can handle. He's the greatest gift you'll ever have. ... Anybody who knows George Huff, they know that I love the Lord.

[The theme of his upcoming album, which follows his short Christmas CD released last year, is] pretty much love, ... Not sexual love, but love as in 'love your neighbor.'

What I'm trying to be is a missing link in the music industry today, ... There's not a lot of positive messages in music today. You hear a lot about shaking your booty and guns. You don't hear a lot of Stevie Wonder. I'm motivated to make a difference in the world and encourage youth to be who they are.