Harmless and innocent until they're taught to be violent and militant.

I'm good at what I do, but I wouldn't be so bold and arrogant as to say something disrespectful about, say, Eminem. He's talented and he's good at what he does.

I feel like my peers now are artists like Madonna and the Stones, Michael Jackson and Prince. These are people who were able to take their careers beyond the normal here-today-gone-tomorrow life span.

I'm not trying to keep up or adapt. I'm allowing myself to grow, evolve and create new music.

Sometimes you've just got to grab an apple - or grapes, or strawberries. Something that's healthy but maybe a little bit more adventurous, if you can see fruit as adventurous.

It's hard being the king, but somebody's got to do it.

We're going to raise a lot of money for cancer awareness, give some to the American Cancer Society and hopefully make a big difference.