I've decided working with people with disabilities is what I want to do for a career. The days aren't always good. It takes a lot of dedication, but I enjoy it. I feel this is something God put in me.

The biggest challenge is learning what they like and don't like.

I started off because it was good money. Then it became much bigger than that. It came from my heart.

When you're doing a second career and going back to school you're very motivated. And I think they'll make very good nurses.

Sometimes what he says may sound to some people like cliches. But he says things, and in ways, that especially in the black community, we understand exactly what he's saying, because we've heard those things since childhood.

It's a very happy thing that we're doing to help people. When [executive producer] Simon Fuller suggested the idea of putting on a special charity concert to help those in need, I and all the Idols on tour were happy to help.