It hurts when people put you down.

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

I have ideas whirring around my head all the time.

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 wanna be selective... very selective. Right now, hip-hop's very boring to me. It's no excitement.

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

I don't think about other people. If I did, I'd wanna compete. But I don't think like that, because I'm above everybody.