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" I love blues. My grandfather did blues. "

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" You save money so your kids can go to college - no matter what they are or who they are. They're your kids; you gotta support them. "

" They say marriage will change you but it didn't change me. Being in love changed me. "

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

" I started to wear the sunglasses all the time at school, hiding behind them... I'd walk down the hallways, practically hugging the wall, dragging my head against it like I was crazy. "

" I'm the Ali of today. I'm the Marvin Gaye of today. I'm the Bob Marley of today. I'm the Martin Luther King, or all the other greats that have come before us. And a lot of people are starting to realise that now. "

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" I've done a lot of things that I regret. "

" I'm a man that believes what I see, and everywhere I go... and everywhere I've been... I get nothing but love. "

" My mother always told me if you write about life, you will always be in the game. Just don't write songs... write life. I decided to take her up on that. "

" I like to give people more than their money's worth. "

" I look at my music in the beginning, and the sexual songs, the partying songs, those are the realities because those things happen. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" Before I can finish one song, another is knocking on my door in my head. "

" I am very conscious of who I am as an artist and as an inspirational person. "

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" I walk around every day with a radio playing constantly in my head, and this radio station plays a lot of hits. But it's all my songs, so that's something to be excited about 24 hours a day. "

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" No matter how much money I make, no matter how many hit songs. I still perform like a street performer. "

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