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.

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

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

That is the difference between a good song and a bad song lyrically - if you can listen to it and put yourself in that place, or see that person in that place, normally it is a pretty good song.

I do not cook. However, if I did, I'd cook all Italian food, all the time.

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

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