My ideas come when I least expect it, so I've always got to have a studio nearby or close by somewhere.

What I remember the most really was just running wild there. Barefooted, swimming in dirty lakes, selling fruit, picking mango trees, hoping not to get caught because they don't take kindly to thieves in Africa.

I love to just go to the movies, watch movies, listen to the scores and all that 'cause that's, like, the next step for me.

I just like music all the way around the board. I can't stick to one thing - I've got to move around.

Whatever obstacle comes your way, you gotta be prepared to jump over it! And I think that's what separates the legends from the regular artists. It's all in how you manage that success, and how you deal with the controversy when it actually comes.

Any album that you pick up of mine, you know it's an Akon album. The guests are very limited and you get to really feel the experience. You get the Akon experience when you get the albums. I always want to make sure that stays the way it is. I don't want to flood the album to where you lose focus on why you bought it.

I don't want to know I'm getting older. Then I'll start to think about getting checkups and insurance. I don't want that.