It's better to say too much, than never to say what you need to say again.

I'm interested in living more of a life that's invisible to everybody and more vibrant to a fewer people that are in my life.

I'm not deluded enough to think that everyone who knows my name is a listener. You know, I hope that part of that interest - part of that public interest - has to do with me still making records that people like.

What is being black? It's making the most of your life, not taking a single moment for granted. Taking something that's seen as a struggle and making it work for you, or you'll die inside. Not to say that my struggle is like the collective struggle of black America. But maybe my struggle is similar to one black dude's.

By the time I recognize this moment, this moment will be gone. . . But I will bend the light, pretend that it somehow lingered on

Friends, lovers, or nothing, we can really only ever be one.

People are really concerned with what other people are saying about them.