My style is to take something unexpected and make it into a hit. That's what I do.

The same people who smile in my face would be the same ones to talk behind my back.

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

Greatness can never be over because you can lay it down for a minute.

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.

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.

It's probably hard to be married to me. It's not easy.