I was trying to find my way into the music business still, but I didn't want to portray something that I wasn't. I really wanted to be just me.

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.

If you think you can't, you're wrong and right

The grief of widowhood, of losing a husband and only to be harassed by his brothers, remained pressed on her.

What you read, and what you have watched and what you have listened is just the few from all... You haven't saw everything!?

I am following a particular diet, and it requires me to not just eat right but also at the right time. So, I carry food from home.

My assumption is I'm not going to be recognized. But when I am, I'm like, "Dang, you know who I am?" I always think I look so different.

We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.

Mothers always think their children are prettier than they really are, and mine has always told me I look like Tom Cruise.

In free society art is not a weapon...Artists are not engineers of the soul.

The presence of fear does not mean you have no faith. Fear visits everyone. But make your fear a visitor and not a resident.