My music, I feel, has always been experimental, but it had got to a point where I felt disconnected from it completely. I didn't want to be a Clark Kent/Superman: I couldn't really say, 'Well, B.o.B's the old me, and Bobby Ray's the new me.' I had to just make a point.
“I try to write relevant songs about life and whatever I'm going through and whatever people are going through.”
“Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there?”