I don't even have voice mail, and people get all out of shape about that. But, you know what, I don't want to transcribe your message; I want to talk to you. And that kind of freaks people out a bit. They go, 'Oh, who has time to talk?' and I'm like, 'Well, I'm gonna make time.

I would say that my peak was making my first million at the ripe age of 29, after the first album.

If I could be doing anything, I'd be laying on the floor in my birthday suit eating junk food and watching something dumb on TV.

Time has nothing to do with the gifts that the gods give you; it's what you do.

Chris Brown is brilliant. That cat is crazy brilliant, and I wish him the best.

I would make far more money if every song were my own, but I don't write to fill up the album with my songs.

It's impossible to write and produce a record when your parents are dying. I really tried, I really, really tried, but it just wouldn't come.