Melody has a certain way that it projects back to you. It triggers certain nerves in your body and certain instincts that normally wouldn't be triggered by a normal voice.

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

As long as you're giving up quality records and you're makin' hit records, people are always gonna want to hear a hit and they'll always want to be attached to something that's doin' great.

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.

I'm a polygamist. I can afford to have as many wives as I can afford to have. All Africans believe in it. My dad has four wives.

The moment artists can just do what they love to do then music will go right back to where it used to be. I mean back in the '60s and '70s and '80s, that's what it was.

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