It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live.

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

When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that.

My family is very musical, I was surrounded by it. And from four years old I was the one that asked my mother could I take piano lessons.

I do speak to kids a lot. I am very clear with them that not all of them should aspire to be me and not all of them should be aspire to be LeBron.

I've written good love songs when I have been in love and I've written good love songs when I haven't.

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