I'm thankful for the position that I'm in, I'm thankful to go to the ceremony [of Grammys] the first time, thankful for everything. I'm just taking it step by step.

I'm not a hater, I'm not one of those people. I do think it's dope when people get recognized for whatever it is that they do, so more power to everybody who got nominated.

I'm a very outgoing guy when it comes to music and I like all kinds of sounds of music and genres of music.

I'm not like, overly anxious or nothing like that, because sometimes when you're overly anxious it kind of brings a weird energy around and I just like to just take things one day at a time.

I'm thankful to God that my life changed, but I'm also still on my grind.

I can look at you and say, 'I'm gonna be the biggest artist in the world' because, at the end of the day, it's about the trust I have in God. He's already shown me that I'm gonna fulfil my destiny.

I was being very bad because I didn't know how to express myself. Music gave me an outlet to express myself and channel that anger.

I never grew up on Jodeci. I never grew up on things like that 'cause my dad was a preacher, and he kind of kept us away from music like that.

You need to do research, to approach the study of the issue from all sides

Despite the company of friendship we still have ourselves to reckon with at the end of the day.

Mom used to tell me not to worry when people didn't get me. People throw rocks at things that shine - from the mixed up files of Tilly Adam's journal

I'm not into smoke-filled rooms. I don't have the time for byzantine political intrigues.

Ray Cummins is my good friend and one of the best finger pickers around.

Dont shoot the messenger for revealing uncomfortable truths.

Double gold means I'm king of the sprints. It shows I'm the best sprinter around.

Since I was young, the artistic expression that fashion embodies has inspired me. It's a way to communicate oneself.

The Russian famous actors involved [into The Darkest Hour], they are very creative and they will create sympathetic characters.

You are holding a loaded gun, you idiot. Act like it.