I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve; I write about them.

It is great to have your own label; you can cultivate your own artists I've worked with pretty much everyone I wanted to.

I think I've tried to stay true to my music since the beginning. It's kind of hard because of the access and technology but I just do what I do.

Lionel Richie told me forget about the critics. But if you come back with hit after hit, you don't have to worry about anything.

I decided I am not going to say things I do not mean anymore.

I just want to be as creative as I possibly can.

You can't listen to what people who aren't musical have to say. When Anytime was released, I had bad reviews, and at first I was hurt. Your songs are like your children. You don't want to hear, 'Your kid is ugly.' But I knew the record was good and it would sell.