People are just afraid of things too much … Sure, evil exists, extremism exists. Somebody could commit a hate crime and hurt me. But they could do the same just because I'm black. They could do the same just because I'm American.

There's just some magic in truth and honesty and openness.

Don't confuse my personality with my attitude. My personality is who I am, and my attitude depends on who you are.

I've written some great things. That's a gift, but there's consequences. Yeah, you get this great work, but you suffer. You really, really suffer.

Each individual's success as a solo artist is pretty much a win for the whole team.

I'm about being the best.

I don't intend to stop making music.