I can't be a slave to the machine, you feel like you're in the matrix.

I am the number one human being in music. That means any person that's living or breathing is number two.

People will have a problem with whatever you do. At the end of the day, nobody can determine what you need to do in order to be successful and why would you listen to someone who is not successful tell you what you need to do?

Great art comes from great artists. There’s a bunch of people that are hurt that still couldn’t have made the album that was super-polarizing and redefined the sound of radio.

I'm giving all that I have in this life. I'm opening up my notebook and I'm saying everything in there out loud.

But for me to have the opportunity to stand in front of a bunch of executives and present myself, I had to hustle in my own way. I can't tell you how frustrating it was that they didn't get that. No joke - I'd leave meetings crying all the time.

I can sleep. I love sleep; it's my favorite.