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

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.

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

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.

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 goodnesses you do will beautifully cover you like the beautiful flowers covering a country house!

Incorrect assumptions lie at the root of every failure. Have the courage to test your assumptions.

The gospel is a reasonable system, and it appeals to men's understanding; it is a matter for thought and consideration, and it appeals to the conscience and reflecting powers.

Canadians are fond of darker stories, serious stories, so if you're a Mystery writer or a Romance writer or Fantasy Writer, you will most likely have an American publisher and agent.

This nation asks for action, and action now.

There is only one number one. It is a lonely spot but it has got the best view of all.

If my stories can touch you, make you laugh, forget unhappy things, or even give you that 'good job' feeling, then I'll be super, super happy!

I know more now than I did in the past about the process of democratization. I know more about the pitfalls.

The history of man that you don't know is what your unconscious is made out of.

If you actually look like your passport photo, you aren't well enough to travel.