Chris Brown is brilliant. That cat is crazy brilliant, and I wish him the best.
I need my career. That's what validates me.
I dont think being black has held me back at all. Being black makes you strong.
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.
I would say that my peak was making my first million at the ripe age of 29, after the first album.
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.