I overloaded myself with work. I give myself work to do so I don't give myself time to chill and have free time to chill with the family as much.

Every time I step on stage an' see all of the lights or hear fans singing the words to my songs ,it's a surreal moment for me.

Most of the time, I'm making music. There'll be moments of my life where I feel like I gotta to take a break and come back to the music. It's hard to explain, but you need to get a break from it and then come back to it. It's like you gotta lose something to appreciate it.

I had to realize that you can't try to get money, support yourself, and grind doing whatchu need to do at the same time. The music is the grind. You really gotta grind. You gotta find your way around. You can't be stuck tryna get there.

'Remember the Time' and 'You Rock My World' from Michael Jackson were two of my favorite songs ever. My mom used to bump them all the time.

Writing is my love. If you love something, you find a lot of time. I write for two hours a day, usually starting at midnight; at times, I start at 11.

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

For my part, I desire to see the time when education and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry shall become much more general than at present, and should be gratified to have it in my power to contribute something to the advancement of any measure which might have a tendency to accelerate the happy period.

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.