I always tell people you can take the thugest thug in the world, and if you put a suit on him, he'll act different, trust me.

It's probably easier for rappers as far as a respect level. 'Cause with singers, the powers that be tend to feel that we're stupid.

I think old school TV shows helped in raising your kids and helped in the way things should be done. Now you just see kids disrespecting their parents, you see kids cursing and all kind of things that shouldn't be done.

To get nominated, and a lot of people get nominated and say they're glad to be nominated but I wanna win! I want to win!

You always measure success by what you did last. It's hard to measure that because it's something that just comes. If someone can just make a hit, they would do it everyday. But you can't make a hit that you know is a hit every day.

I never claimed to be the best singer, I never claimed to be the best dancer, but I do claim to be the person that can put them together best.

I think the legacy that I'll leave is just a great entertainer, and that's what I want to be remembered as, a great entertainer.