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" I couldn't believe I was working with Michael Jackson. I thought, growing up as a kid, I thought Michael was a cartoon. "

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" I said that when I establish myself as an artist that can do pretty much anything I want to do in music, I'm going to make a country album. "

" My mother wasn't rich, and I never seen my father. I was a street performer. I've been shot. And now I'm known around the world, and I've touched a lot of people with my music. That's one of the great testimonies that's gonna go down in history. "

" There are so many songs in me that haven't been born yet. So I can't call myself a genius, but I never turn away a compliment, and I feel like I'm on my way to that mountain. "

" As a businessman, I saw club tracks as a new franchise that could be profitable for years to come. It was like being in McDonald's and realizing that even though cheeseburgers and fries sold big, you could also make money serving up McRibs, which are always available for a limited time only. "

" Country music tells stories, and I've always loved to tell stories. "

" When I was performing on streets, there was no pressure. People accepted me. They loved me without knowing me. "

" I've programmed myself musically to come up with love-feeling tracks that are romantic, sexy, but classy, all in one. And that's the challenge. Once I create that music, then the lyrical content starts to come - you know, the stories and things like that. "

" I did 'Love Letter' and 'Write Me Back,' and those were fun albums for me to do because they took me back to music I love. "

" You don't want R&B singers to get into beef. Leave that to the rappers, let them do that - R&B, be classy. "

" 'Love Letter' reminds me of 'Chocolate Factory' and 'Happy People.' It's a little bit of both of those, yeah. I just wanted it to be classy, man. And romantic. And maybe 10 percent sexy. "

" I don't want fans mad at me, so I gotta give them what they expect and what they want. "

" I only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find is that the weak people are the ones that are the haters. "

" Everywhere I go, from malls to restaurants to sold-out tours overseas and back, everywhere I've been, I get nothing but love. "

" Biggie was a lyrical genius: he was a musical painter with words. As he rapped, you would see the picture come to life as you heard his story. You hear a lot of rappers rap; you hear a lot of singers sing, but you don't see the movie in your head the way you do when you hear Biggie rap. "

" I have Marvin Gaye's driver's license. His wife sent it to me, because she really loved my 'Happy People' record. She said that she thought it represented the sprit of her husband. The license is from California. I get inspired every time I look at it. "

" I feel that I am pregnant by music, and it is the father and mother of my child. "

" Downstairs in my house, I have a museum room. I keep all of my awards down there, and childhood photos, and even all the clothes I've worn on tour, in videos and on album covers. "

" If I'm going to be a leader then I have to go places that other people are afraid to go to. That's what makes a leader. To be not afraid to step out and go over the frontline. To stare darkness right in the face. "

" To make an album like 'Love Letter,' everything's got to be about love. Everything has to have a great feeling when you listen to it. "

" My mom actually had a band called Six Pack - even though there were seven of them - who went around Chicago performing popular songs. Her voice was like Gladys Knight mixed with Aretha Franklin. "

" You can't satisfy everybody. I will continue to do my job until I get fired, and the only people who can fire me are my fans. "

" There's a time and place for everything. You're younger, you might want to go to clubs and kick it, but as you get older, you start seeing that life has more meaning to it. The people that you love are the people you want to start trusting and start wanting them to trust you and start respecting them. "

" To hear the appreciation, the screams - that's what any of us need. We're at our best when we're wanted. "

" I'm not very good at picking stuff up off the radio. It takes me way too long to learn other people's music. "

" If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it. "

" All the sounds on 'Trapped in the Closet' - the knockin' on the door, when I grab the keys, when I walk down the stairs, the car horns - we sampled all of those things around my house. "

" People can say whatever they want about you without knowing the facts. They can criticize you without even knowing you, and hate you when they don't even know you. All of a sudden, you're, like, the bin Laden of America. Osama bin Laden is the only one who knows exactly what I'm going through. "

" As with all the other rappers I've worked with, Biggie and I shared common ground. Even though Biggie grew up in Brooklyn and I grew up in Chicago, we came from the same 'hood. "

" Sometimes I feel like music has made love to me. "

" You don't see me in the club. And the reason is because I would rather be in the studio mixing these musical potions. Now sometimes they blow up in my face, and there's a lot of smoke. But that's who I am. Music is what I do. "