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" I don't measure my success anymore by the Grammys. I can't because I'll just end up crushed. "

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" When it comes to knowing what to say, to charm, I always had it. "

" You do get certain publications in the States where, if things don't go according to plan, they flip the story and it becomes very negative. "

" I've never been reckless - it's always calculated. I'm mischievous, but I'm calculated. "

" Surface R&B doesn't work any more. The whole heartthrob thing, songs about unrealistic love and tearing your shirt off every show - that's not really where it's at any more. It's becoming harder for those guys to sell records, and harder for them to succeed. "

" I feel that when you care about your music, taking risks is something you should do to keep things exciting. "

" When you're on the road and moving city to city, when someone isn't there at the end of the night, you feel empty. "

" There will be days when I walk in an arena and people will cheer and then there might be days when I walk in an arena and people might boo, but it all sounds the same to me because it's all just noise that lets me know that I'm relevant. "

" There were people who incorporated melody before me, but I would deem myself the first person to successfully rap and sing. "

" My mother made me truly appreciate women. "

" I'm not confrontational, but if someone challenges, I'm not going to back down. "

" My dad is a great writer. Naturally talented, naturally charming. He embodies that back-in-the-day cool. "

" I wake up in the morning and my heart is light, man. It's not heavy. I don't have skeletons in the closet on their way out. "

" There are a lot of good women in New York. "

" I would say that I'm more moved by melody, even though I love to rap. "

" A relationship can give you a gut wrenching feeling sometimes. It's a real emotional ride. "

" 'Perfection' to me is, I walk away from a situation and say, 'I did everything I could do right there. There was nothing more that I could do.' I was a hundred percent, like the meter was at the top. There was nothing else I could have done. You know? Like, I worked as hard as I possibly could have. That's perfection. "

" When I'm writing, I'm thinking about how the songs are going to play live. Fifty bars of rap don't translate onstage. No matter how potent the music, you lose the crowd. They want a hook; they want to sing your stuff back to you. "

" It's important for me to let my fans know I really don't care. I'm confident. "

" I have an urge to communicate. I think I'm a change from what it would be like dating a normal guy who doesn't talk too much. "

" I'd rather tell you how I really feel. "

" I'm dying to be a great dad one day, whenever that day comes. "

" The ideal girl is driven, working on something other than modeling or being a singer. "

" My favorite artists always documented emotion. Marvin Gaye and Al Green and Sade and Aaliyah. "

" Me and my dad are friends. We're cool. I'll never be disappointed again, because I don't expect anything anymore from him. I just let him exist, and that's how we get along. "

" I'm cool with Jay-Z. Jay-Z is genuinely my friend. "

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" Reviews condition people. At the end of the day, a lot of human minds are malleable. They can be easily shaped with strong words. "

" I try to really capitalize off of what other rappers really can't do. There are opportunities that rappers I love simply can't get, because... you know... I don't have the tattoos; I have a different image. "