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.

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.

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.

I'm the kind of cat that can finish three songs in a day. Two or three songs in a day. If my voice is up to it and I feel up to it, I can finish two or three songs in a day.

I don’t want to save the world, I just want to inspire it.

Don't wait for people to dress your bed for you, do it yourself and you'll be glad to sleep and feel relaxed.

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides never decides.

If you wrap yourself in daffodils I will wrap myself in pain...

It's better to have tried and failed than to live life wondering what would've happened if I had tried

All American cars are basically Chevrolets.

I love the idea that if you build something with enough depth and texture, you can watch it again and again and see new things every time, and that's very important.

You've got to love yourself with all your short comings, and you've got to love the world no matter how bad it gets.

You can talk to a fade but a hook won't listen.

Darren McCarty is a big video game guy, and he brings his systems with him on the road.