With every great soul singer comes some type of heartache or steamy love affair. So, what are Boyd’s thoughts on love? “Love – losing it, finding it, learning to live with and without it – is a recurring theme on ‘Commit Me,'” he says. Boyd attended Washington, D.C.’s famous Duke Ellington School of the Arts and earned a scholarship to the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan. Boyd’s focus at Interlochen was Opera. But it wasn’t long until he found his way back to his love of soul and re-incorporating traces of his influences that include Stevie Wonder and Donnie Hathaway.