I Don't Talk About The Past.
The Bible Is A Study Guide For Social Interaction.
The Internet's Completely Over.
Well, My Musicians Are My Friends.
All These Non-singing, Non-dancing, Wish-i-had-me-some-clothes Fools Who Tell Me My Albums Suck. Why Should I Pay Any Attention To Them?
I'm Real Easy-going.
I Might Just Stop Talking Again And Not Do Interviews.
I Used To Be More Involved With Every Aspect Of Everything Onstage. I'm Way More Relaxed Now. It Feels Like Anything Can Happen.
Too Much Freedom Can Lead To The Soul's Decay.
All You See On Television Are Debased Images.
I'm A Jehovah's Witness.
Tell Me A Musician Who's Got Rich Off Digital Sales. Apple's Doing Pretty Good Though, Right?
I Have A Writing Addiction.
'When Doves Cry' Came Out - It Sounded Like Nothing That Was On The Radio. 'Let's Go Crazy' Was Number One On R&b Stations, And There's Nothing That's Been Like That On Radio Since.
Sometimes Ideas Are Coming So Fast That I Have To Stop Doing One Song To Get Another. But I Don't Forget The First One. If It Works, It Will Always Be There. It's Like The Truth: It Will Find You And Lift You Up. And If It Ain't Right, It Will Dissolve Like Sand On The Beach.
Instead Of Hate, Celebrate.
There Are People Who Are Unhappy With Everything.
Technology Is Cool, But You've Got To Use It As Opposed To Letting It Use You.
It Might Be A Shock To See Me, But That's No Reason For People To Act Crazy, And It Doesn't Give Them License To Chase Me Down The Street.
I Don't Want Anyone To Fail, So If You Can Make Money Off Music Even Though You Can't Sing Or Dance, That's Genius.
To Create Something From Nothing Is One Of The Greatest Feelings, And I Would - I Don't Know, I Wish It Upon Everybody. It's Heaven.
I Don't Live In The Past. I Don't Play My Old Records For That Reason. I Make A Statement, Then Move On To The Next.
Hip-hop Is Very Diverse, But If You Only Focus On One Aspect Of It, Then What You Get Is This Image Of Black America That Is Completely Contrary To What Actually Goes On.
I Don't Know Who Was The One That Came Up With The Notion That You Have To Play The Same Songs Every Concert.
My Father Left His Piano At The House When He Left, And I Wasn't Allowed To Play It When He Was There Because I Wasn't As Good As Him. So When He Left, I Was Determined To Get As Good As Him, And I Taught Myself How To Play Music, And I Just Stuck With It, And I Did It All The Time.
There's A Dark Side To Everything.
I Don't Talk To Old People; They Try To Find Ways To Stay Static. Young Folks Are The Ones With The Ideas And Constantly Moving Forward.
Contrary To What A Lot Of People Think, I Haven't Been Domesticated.
You Don't Have To Watch 'Gossip Girl' To Have An Attitude.
You Ever Get That Feeling That You Just Have Too Many Hits?
When You Don't Talk Down To Your Audience, Then They Can Grow With You.
Most Artists Lose Their Voice, Their Hair, And Their Bands. That's Not Going To Happen To Me.
No One Can Come And Claim Ownership Of My Work. I Am The Creator Of It, And It Lives Within Me.
People Speculate On Your Personal Life All The Time Anyway. So I Just Think It's Important To Keep My Private Life Private And My Public Persona More Into Music, You Know?
It's Fun Being In Islamic Countries, To Know There's Only One Religion. There's Order. You Wear A Burqa. There's No Choice. People Are Happy With That.
What's Missing From Pop Music Is Danger.
I Like To Open People's Eyes.
Most Bands Out There Are Basically Pretty Boring. I Try To Affect People Inside Their Bodies.
Like Books And Black Lives, Albums Still Matter.
Music Is Real. It Affects People; It's Real.
People Say I'm Wearing Heels Because I'm Short. I Wear Heels Because The Women Like 'Em.
I Pushed The Envelope As Far As It Needed To Be Pushed, And Now It's On The Floor, And People Seem To Want It To Stay There.
In The Tech-savvy, Real-time World We All Live In Today, Everything Is Faster.
So Much Has Been Written About Me, And People Don't Know What's Right And What's Wrong. I'd Rather Let Them Stay Confused.
There's Not A Lot Of Pop Music In The Mainstream That Makes You Feel Scared, That Makes You Wonder What's Happening.
I Have A Lot Of Parties.
I Do Pay Performance Royalties On Others' Songs I Perform Live, But I'm Not Recording These Songs And Putting Them Up For Sale.
A Strong Spirit Transcends Rules.
From Its Conception And That One And Only Meeting, 'Hitnrun' Took About 90 Days To Prepare Its Release. If That's What Freedom Feels Like, 'Hitnrun' Is What It Sounds Like.
'Billboard' Needs To Tell The Truth, Shake Things Up.