If we don't love ourselves, tell me, how can we love somebody else?

I only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find is that the weak people are the ones that are the haters.

My fans have always loved my metaphors.

I know my past is not what my future holds.

I learnt a whole lot from my mother. About music, relationships, being a good person, loving people, the whole of life. I learnt about everything from her. Every single day I think about her. All through the day.

My greatest competition is, well, me.

People can say whatever they want about you without knowing the facts. They can criticize you without even knowing you, and hate you when they don't even know you. All of a sudden, you're, like, the bin Laden of America. Osama bin Laden is the only one who knows exactly what I'm going through.