It's a gift that I have and I became good at it. When I heard my first song I didn't even know that I could write songs.

I always say this to people: 'If Shaq can be in the NBA for 19 years and dominate for 19 years using his body, why can't I be in the music industry for 50 years using my brain when my brain is way stronger than anyone's body?' I have to have a successful record company, more hit records. I want to dominate the game.

It's a gift that I have and I became good at it. When I heard my first song I didn't even know that I could write songs.

I feel like all of my records have potential to be hits. Sometimes it's promotion, sometimes it's bad timing, but yeah I take it very personally. I'm very hard on myself when it comes to my records. I really believe that if it's not number one, I've failed.

You're put in certain situations and it kind of opens up those doors and it opens up your eyes to realize what your true calling was.

It takes a different mindset to be successful in anything; that's why there's not a lot of super duper successful people, because it's guys I know who may be ten times more talented than me, but they don't work as hard.

I work every single day, even on Sundays.