It's really about making the best music you can make. It's really about working hard.

If a few people decide not to buy my album it's really not going to change my life that much.

Hip-hop and R&B are especially fertile bases of collaboration. It always makes good records and good music.

Happy that New York passed marriage equality tonight. A victory for human rights. Progress.

In my neighborhood in Springfield, Ohio, there were a lot of young kids. We all played tackle football after school, but I knew very early on that I was not an athlete.

We're just ordinary people. We don't know which way to go.

I don't love the idea of three superstars coming together to form a dream team, I'd rather teams are built more organically, just as a fan it's more interesting to see.