What I definitely learnt from Michael Jackson is that simple is almost always better. As a songwriter, as an artist period.

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.

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

I named my album Year of the Gentleman. Just looking at how the essence of what it is to be a gentleman is very much lacking nowadays. Someone said to me that chivalry is dead, and I hated to have to agree, but it's true.

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

I have my diehard R&B fans on one side of the spectrum and my diehard pop and dance fans on the other side of the spectrum.

Every song I've ever written has been based in reality, based in fact, things that happen to me.