The people who truly love me and loved me before all of this stuff. You can't ever leave them behind.

If I have a talent, it's already been exploited! I've shown everything I can do to the public.

Art is supposed to spark conversation and make people think.

I'm definitely light-spirited, but I just felt like my music had to have a little more depth.

People have always said I have an old soul, and all my best friends are 10 to 15 years my senior.

It's blasphemous, don't get distracted by these lottery tickets and statues. It's just fake gold and plastic... We crying for votes but how many of us is on the board. Better yet, when's the last time you showed up and supported the NAACP Awards?

Saturday morning, you knew what was cool by what was on 'Soul Train.'