Everyone wants to work with the big new producer or the hot new singer. The key is to find them before they're hot.

Good production is like a beautiful marriage. It makes a happy home.

I been through some junk. It ain't all been peaches and cream.

I try to be as normal as I can.

You don't question where the music comes from, because it all comes from God.

I listen to a lot of alternative types of music: I listen to a lot of Chinese music, I listen to a lot of Asian music. It might surprise you, but I listen to a lot of Arabic music. And I don't care - music is music.

I'm trying to do something real different; I'm trying to bring the street to real pop. I'm trying to bring the street to pop. Not watering it down, no nothing.