I think you have a lot of examples on TV of what not to do, you don't have a lot of examples of what to do.

For me, I feel like if a woman doesn't find me attractive 'cause I'm taking care of myself, then that's not the woman I want.

I'm very critiqueful of my own stuff, and I kick everybody out the studio when I'm singing, no one is in the studio, it's just me and the engineers, no one else in the studio when I'm doing my thing.

Once your motivation is killed, it's kind of hard to revive it and bring it back to life.

If you're talking triple threat of a writer, singer and actress, that would probably be Beyoncé. If Aaliyah were still here, she and Beyoncé would be neck and neck.

If it sounds good to me and I hate my voice, so if I'm willing to listen to my voice over and over again, it's a hit. Guaranteed it'll be a hit.

I think the legacy I'll leave on music is just an artist that went out here and gave 100%.

I want a woman that wants me to take care of myself because truly, that tells a lot about you. And if you don't take care of yourself how can you take care of a woman? How can you take care of kids?

Is there any more Room for me in those Jeans.

I always loved music and I always loved to perform, and that's my favorite part, to perform; my favorite part is not the studio, I can't stand the studio.

That's what I try to do, my wife and I, we try to, not shelter them [kids], but still not contribute to the delinquency of a minor.

Once trust is built, distance cannot kill it. Time and space alone cannot destroy authentic connection.

Understanding what I give up and knowing that I choose freely makes my choice more precious to me.

Unfounded gossip can turn into sanctioned history if falls into the hands of the right storyteller.

Coalitions though successful have always found this, that their triumph has been brief.

Don't become a slave to success or failure, family, friends, possessions. If these things come to you in life, enjoy them, but fix your consciousness on that which does not change.

Animals generally return the love you lavish on them by a swift bite in passing-not unlike friends and wives.

When you fall in love, the natural thing to do is give yourself to it.

It's time to raise a generation of participants, not another generation of fans.

Britain no longer exists. It is a trace of what it used to be.

In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like.