There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child.

Stevie Wonder always smells so good... I'm like a DEA dog, I can smell people a block away!

My daughter is almost a young lady. She's going to be 10 years old in December and I want to be there day-in and day-out.

When I write a song it's always from the point of view: makes the song the best it can be.

There's no reason that just because you're a celebrity you can't write.

The part of my education that has had the deepest influence wasn't any particular essay or even a specific class, it was how I was able to apply everything I learned in the library to certain situations in my life. . . The library takes me away from my everyday life and allows me to see other places and learn to understand other people unlike myself.

If you're trying to do what's popular now, you're way behind already. By the time you record it and do it and try to copy it, it's moved on.