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 know somebody in every culture.

I'm making music the way I would have done before modern equipment and music recording.

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

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

People do not respect music anymore... They go by what's hot... If you're hot, you deserve 4 or 5 Grammys... Madonna is a genius and she only has 2 or 3 Grammys... What is that about?

An artist don't make you bigger than life - being that person that can break artists can make you bigger than life.