Beautiful girls. They only want to do you dirt. They'll have you suicidal, suicidal when they say it's over.

I make sure I always surround myself with good, down to earth, fun, real people, who always keep me grounded.

I love song writing, so I'm always happy to write for other musicians.

It's easy to gain weight when you're in the studio.

My goal is just to get healthy as far as what my ideal weight has to be for my height.

Jamaica is kind of similar to Miami, but to go from there to Miami, and then Miami to L.A., it's crazy.

Number one on my top five is Beyonce.

To put it in my music, that's not the message I am trying to send out. That's not the type of artist I am trying to be.

I breathe, I sleep, I eat music. Music is what I wanted to do.

With everything that is going on with hip-hop and with what everybody is doing I don't want to be in that lane. I think my lane is very different.

I don't think an artist should keep themselves categorized in a specific box.

The secrets of success are getting started and being persistent.

Your obstacles are not your end. Please remember that, and try again.

CULTIVATE THE GOOD WITHIN

Classical music's ability to translate emotional themes is fantastic.

Being on the cover of a magazine with my son is the best thing ever. It took me 18 years to get my first cover, he gets one at 8 months.

Recklessness is almost a man's revenge on his woman. He feels he is not valued so he will risk destroying himself to deprive her altogether.

I never put myself on another level and that's done well for me. Just spending time with fans and acting normal and talking to them just like I was one of their boys, that's what it's all about.

[Kevin] Costner said, "You don't have to do that... this is a wide shot, so you can calm down."

Books get older as well; their body also wears out, but unlike us, their brain remains forever young!

You cannot regard your own life with objective curiosity all the time.