I watch my contemporaries, and they love to live in the studio and I don't. I have a life. I treat it as a 9-to-5. I try to create something new every day, and then I get on with my life.

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

As I've gotten older, now I've really got to back that up with record sales. Anytime showed me that I could still have some of those elements I wanted, but you still have to come with hit after hit after hit.

I'll always write music. Whether I release a record, whether I let the public hear it or not, I'm always writing music.

When it's your chance to step up to the plate, just hit it out of the park, and everybody will forget about everything that came before.

I don't care how small the game. I want to win.

Every little kid that steps on the court or the field has aspirations to go pro. I think being a pro basketball player is the best job. The thing I had to realize was that I can't do every dream that I have.