For those people who want to keep following trends, you do that and when the trend goes away so will you.

An idea that will translate really well musically should work visually. I try to write music that you can feel if you were to close your eyes you can see what I am talking about.

The essence of being a gentleman is to understand the way you're supposed to treat a respectable woman.

I watch cartoons the way most adults watch reality-TV shows.

I pride myself on being the type of artist who can work half in the R&B world and half in the pop world.

Women wanted to be viewed as equals to men. So men were like, 'You wanna be viewed as equal to me, then open your own damn door.' But I still don't view it as an excuse to be an a**hole.

I always refer back to the days of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, the Rat Pack. Back when everyone wore a suit because that's what it was to be an entertainer. You were stylish and you were fly, and it was an effortless fly.