I read, I painted, I didn't hate niggers.

You are what you settle for.

Honey, if you've had your eye on a piece of talent and that chick down the road has been getting all the action, then you know what you gotta do... Try A Little Bit Harder.

When I sing, I feel like when you're first in love. It's more than sex. It's that point two people can get to they call love, when you really touch someone for the first time, but it's gigantic, multiplied by the whole audience. I feel chills.

What we've had to do is learn to control success, put it in perspective, and not lose the essence of what we're doing - the music.

If you've got a today, don't wear it tomorrow. Tomorrow never happens. It's all the same day.

You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don't let themselves feel things.