No one's selling records anymore, so there's no income you're being robbed of. I think that you should be in alignment with the world. The world is about sharing now, so as long as it's out there, it should be there. I think it's fine.

She [Beyonce] is just an energetic performer and she loves drums. She loves edge.

I don't like when everything sounds the same.

At that point, when songs got leaked, it was cool though too because then you started getting recognition beforehand.

You might be a legend one day if you just keep your head to the ground and never get overzealous and start thinking you've outdone yourself. That's the space I try to stay in.

The first two songs that I wrote, produced and demoed with my voice on it was that song and then Akon's "Sorry, Blame It On Me." The first two demos I ever wrote and demoed, the two biggest artists at the time took them.

One half was like, I hope this doesn't affect it, and the other half was like, it's great that people know I did a Beyoncé record.