I feel like everything is inspired by something else. There is no 100 percent original thought.

There wasn't a lot of R&B cats doing songs at 120 beats per minute before 'Closer,' which I take full credit and responsibility for. That's all good, but it was an experiment. You experiment with something, if it goes good, cool, but you never forget where you come from and R&B is where I come from.

What is hot now will not be hot tomorrow, I promise you. Trends are made to die. It's the truth.

There is no pain like the first time you get your heart broken.

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.

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

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