I respect people who are willing to deal with everything that comes with being a politician, but I'm not willing to deal with half the country rooting for you to fail. I'm a singer; I deal with enough. But at least half the country's not trying to destroy me.

We all must follow a different path to let our light shine, and that's what makes us so unpredictable and unique.

Musicians are in-season all the time.

I like cool jackets - a nice fall or winter coat. You can get a lot of use out of it, and you'll wear it frequently, so it can really set the tone of your uniform for the season.

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 care more about the fans in general, just making sure they enjoy what I do. And then also I kind of had this kind of ideal of the kind of music I want to make and what I'm aiming for kind of creatively and just the quality of the music that I'm trying to make. And I have that in my head.

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