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" People have to remember this - I've literally been going at this music thing since my mother passed away. "

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" My outlook was, 'You're not my moms; you can't tell me what to do.' I got expelled from about 20 schools. "

" I go through the same kind of situations as other people. I have to give that to people, because people have this facade, this mirage, this mirror about me. "

" When the 'greats of all-time' put out their first albums, it wasn't a thousand features on it. And I'm one of the greats in my eyes. "

" Reggae goes in and out. It sounds so good, it feels so good and feels so tropical, but the problem is not everybody is Caribbean. Not everyone is going to sound authentic doing it, and sometimes it comes off cheesy when other people do it. "

" Everything that comes out of Canada musically, I support. I support Toronto 100% because I'm on the side of the music. "

" What, do you think I'm here to be second place, brother? "

" I never grew up on Jodeci. I never grew up on things like that 'cause my dad was a preacher, and he kind of kept us away from music like that. "

" I like to turn the venue into a jungle gym, into my playground. "

" We just want to be No. 1. Is there a problem with that? Can I be the best? Can y'all watch me be great? Will y'all allow me to do that? "

" I have a lot of fans, but a lot of people don't know who I am. "

" I don't have no personal problems with nobody. "

" I'm not a singer. I'm not an R&B singer. I'm an artist. "

" People live their lives through melodies. If you can't sing, then music is worthless. "

" I always try to show there's a way for the kids that feel like they're lowlives. In anything you want, you can be the greatest at it, even without school, if you want. Know your route. "

" I don't write anything down - it comes from my head and my soul and my heart and my pain. That allows me to make the best music I can make. "

" One of my favorite reggae songs is Wayne Wonder's 'No Letting Go.' And Sizzla 'Give Me A Try.' That's one of my favorite songs as well. "

" I'm like one of those dudes who organically have talent. "

" Swavey, it puts more than one genre of music together. That's the approach I have with all music I do. "

" When I get to a certain level, I'll start going by Daystar. "

" I'm here to be the greatest. "

" A lot of times, people won't be 100 percent real with their story, and I wanted to give people the drawn-out experience of the perseverance and the struggle that it took to get here. "

" I just pray to God and make sure I'm good with God. "

" For me personally, my favourite part of performing is just going in the crowd and doing crazy things that they never expected to see. Challenging myself to do new things that I never expected to do. That's the biggest thing for me. "

" I just freestyle. I don't actually write the words on paper. It's just whatever comes into my mind. I'll record three or four lines at a time, get a good take, and do three or four more. It may be whatever comes into my mind. But I care about my craft a lot more than a lot of other people. "

" Subconciously, the things you listen to and you believe in, those things are going to come out, you know what I mean? I think you take that and make it your sound; that's what I do when I'm putting together genres of music. "

" Usher is definitely somebody I came up listening to. "

" People who couldn't walk, they'd come in wheelchairs, and he'd make them walk. It's just the power of God. It wasn't my dad; it's what God had instructed my dad to do. "

" That's why, to this day, K.I.S.S. can sell out wherever they go... because they sell tickets, and they have that core fan base. You may not hear K.I.S.S. on the radio with a new single today. And they can still sell out anywhere. "

" 'I Told You' is for all the people who've been doubted, the underdogs. "

" I'm here to be the guy that rubs people the wrong way sometimes. "