Music is not math. It's science. You keep mixing the stuff up until it blows up on you, or it becomes this incredible potion.

I feel it's my job to continue being a student of music if I want to continue being an artist and a producer of other artists. You have to keep filling your mind with other music. You have to be ahead of the curve.

What I like about Elvis is the same thing I like about James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince. These guys, back in the day, there was no smoke and mirrors. It was just raw talent. They would step out onstage and command an audience.

Don't you love it that Prince doesn't use Twitter? Don't you think he's somewhere on a unicorn?

I always say I wanna work with Alicia Keys. I'm in awe of her.

If you ever forget how much you really mean to me, Every day I will remind you

It's probably the worst feeling in the world, when you're deeply and madly in love with a woman and you know she's not feeling you the same way, and you don't know why.