Not only did I get an A in music but I got an A in ladies.

Well, I believe that the depth of your struggle can determine the height of your success. I was inspired to come out of everything I've been through and end up in a place where I never thought that I would be.

I spend like $2 million a year on Chinese food and pizza for ten people in the studio who don't sing or produce.

I wouldn't be able to do the songs as long as I've been doing if I didn't feel the pulse of the world. But I can feel people and I know what they want. I feel like I know how they are, because I am the people. And I just have a gift.

Within all of us there is a storm. Some believe it will never end: but he who has faith in the heavens above will weather any storm.

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.

You are the world's greatest, when you say you are.