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" I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day. "

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" 'Love Letter' is a concept album, and whenever I do a concept album - and I love doing concept albums more than any other kind of album - it allows me to get dressed, in a way, musically. "

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

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

" I had a cyst on my tonsils, and I couldn't sing. I had to have an operation. "

" I really don't chase songs. I get in the studio, I know what I gotta do; I'm pretty much programmed to do it. "

" Love has never failed. It has won every battle. And today and forever more it will go on undefeated. I'm also a very loving person. "

" 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. "

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

" On many different singles, I was able to marry my music with rappers who understood the natural bond between us. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I learnt a whole lot from my mother. About music, relationships, being a good person, loving people, the whole of life. I learnt about everything from her. Every single day I think about her. All through the day. "

" You know, I'm no different from a fireman. You got to run into a fire no matter how big the blaze is. "

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

" 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. "

" My music has shaken hands with the world somehow - it's a beautiful disease, and I'm glad I got it. "

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

" When I met Michael Jordan on a basketball court at an athletic club - we hooped together in Chicago - he came to me and asked me if I wanted to do a song for his upcoming movie. I was like, 'Yeah!' I didn't even ask what it was. "

" When you hear romantic music, it makes you want to take your girl out to dinner or buy her something or take her out in the moonlight or take her on a walk. "

" You know, I love plays. I love the smell of a theater. The old rooms and the carpet and all that stuff. I love to tell stories. Even before I was doing music, I saw myself as a director. "

" When a person is found not guilty, they're found not guilty. "

" Ronald Isley is a musical genius. "

" They say marriage will change you but it didn't change me. Being in love changed 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 like to give people more than their money's worth. "

" 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 have to say, it was fun doing this 'Love Letter' album because, hey, man, love has never failed. It has won every battle. And today and forevermore, it will go on undefeated. I'm also a very loving person. "

" I've always wanted to write movies - I always used to tell my mom that I wanted to be a director. "

" I'm no angel, but I'm no monster, either. "