I'm very competitive; it's not enough just to have a few number ones. I want to have 200.

It's just a lot of fun to be able to see your ideas come into fruition. And to see people translate the things that come out of my mind vocally. And to be able to produce vocals and give people my point of view musically. And to be able to sit in the crowd and see people sing the song that I wrote, it's an amazing feeling.

Not to be arrogant, but I have a lot of hits, so my phone stay ringing, but it's consistent.

Brandy is one of my favorite vocalists. Jay-Z is my favorite emcee outside of Biggie.

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.

When you're an artist, you can only do your own stuff. Even if you only write for other people, you're really more focused on yourself. So while everybody's out touring, I'm working on records.

I don't take off as many days as most other producers and songwriters, so I'm working every single day, and I do songs every day. So it's just about finding time, scheduling, getting in and cutting the records. I make it happen and that's the name of the game. It's no excuses - you gotta figure it out.