I love Rihanna period!

I've never lied on a record.

Frank Ocean is definitely amazing.

I'm an oddball Georgia working guy.

I'm a hopeless romantic, of course.

I call my attorney three times a day.

There's nothing I can't do musically.

My mama died when she was 35 years old.

I want to be the king of music. Period.

At the end of the day, I'm a songwriter.

My grandfather would go to work at 6 A.M.

I paint. A lot of people don't know that.

I'm everybody in music's guilty pleasure.

Earlier in my career I had so much to prove.

I'm not a singles artist - I never have been.

Some of the time, I am competing with myself.

I always loved the Clipse. Period, point blank.

At the end of the day, I'm big on principle and loyalty.

You don't need a band to do hip-hop; you only need a DJ.

This is Life. Nothing's promised or perfect, neither am I.

I can't control when somebody likes my song or they don't.

The record company has fought for themselves, never for me.

You never know somebody till you get in the room with them.

I love movies. They've always influenced the music i've done.

If anybody sounds like me... everyone knows me, I'm flattered.

Anytime a musician says they're going to retire they're lying.

My influence is everywhere. You know when you're touching people.

I listen to Sinatra way more than a person my age probably should.

I don't think anybody does contemporary R&B albums better than me.

I'm just not Mr. Joe that goes to work nine-to-five. I never will be.

I am pretty frank of a guy. That used to be appreciated, back in the day.

I've always had a soft spot for women because of my mom. Just their power.

I would never intentionally hurt a soul and everyone around me knows that!

It's very hard for me to write a generic song that could be sung by anybody.

It was always in me to just put records out. I don't like holding on to records.

I don't believe in cards. I believe in cash. I'd carry gold if it wasn't so heavy.

The world gets better as soon as people start doing exactly what they're great at.

You probably shouldn't date a songwriter if you don't want to end up on the record.

The easiest part is growing something from nothing because there's no expectations.

Music was always a passion, but when I was a kid I didn't see it as a viable career.

Nightmares have become my dreams. I'm late for my date with destiny. I'm on my path.

Every time you hear an 808 drum machine beat on one of my songs, it comes from Freaknik.

My uncle used to say, 'You'll go on and become the dream of the family.' That's how I got my name.

More than anything, 'Purple Kisses' just came about because I'm very hands on, especially in relationships.

The business of a label is to make money - my business is to make music. I'm gonna get paid if I do it right.

Writing a song is about inhabiting a specific frame of mind and conjuring a mood, a character, an entire vision.

I understand freedom of speech but if I made my living spreading rumors about people, my family wouldn't claim me.

I'm not arrogant but I'm confident enough to know what I can do and what I can't do. And I'm fine with what I can't.

What I look forward to the most is influencing an individual to go out into the world and make the world a better place.

When people try questioning my artistry or what it is that I do, it's because it doesn't look like everybody else's art.

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