I was brought up to be a gentleman. That means you know how to walk, talk and dress the part.

A fine timepiece is part of dressing like a gentleman. When I first made a little money, I bought my first watch which was a Rolex Daytona. It was just one of those things that said I was successful.

I'm creating music - it doesn't matter if anyone else likes it.

You know, most of my career I wrote about moments in time. All of us have felt one thing or another and it didn't last very long. Now I'm drawing from real experience. It's a huge difference.

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.

There's no substitute to being successful on an actual chart.

There's only one thing that everyone in this world has in common: whether you want to love somebody and you want to be loved in return.