I see the people in Detroit are very - they're like a lot of cities, but they're very proud to be from there and they really want to see change and they really want to see good things happen.

I don't make music to prove all the critics wrong. I do it to prove all my fans right.

Surround yourself with good people. Whether they're the best or not, people are capable of learning if they've got good hearts and they're good souls.

I didn't come from a trailer park. I grew up middle class and my dad had money and my mom made my lunch. I got a car when I was sixteen. I'm proud of that.

I care less if I can't be part of your scene because I am the scene. I am everything that is.

I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut on politics.

It's not that I'm Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes now, but I've got my priorities in order.