Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.

I woke up one morning, went downstairs, said 'Good morning' to my mother and nearly scared both of us to death.'

I don't know if it's my music, my lyrics, my sound and knowing the music business the way I do - all I can say is, my career has lasted way longer than I expected.

I didn't mind working in the clubs, but I resented it being a club where pimps hang out. Because the music that I create is of a higher intellect than that. It not only encompasses pimps, but whores, ballplayers, executives... everybody.

No one could understand the bond between me and my brother. I struggled to understand the forces that drove his soul in one direction and mine in another.

You're the first, the last, and my everything and the answer to all my dreams. You're my sun, my moon, my guiding star, my kind of wonderful, that's what you are

As a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. There was a time I believed every word spoken.