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

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" I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes. "

" 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. "

" My greatest competition is, well, me. "

" 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. "

" I started learning everybody's riffs, from Donny Hathaway to Jeffrey Osborne to James Ingram. That helped me create my own style of singing. "

" I want America to know that you can't believe everything you hear, and nowadays, you can't believe everything you see. "

" When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out. "

" Not only did I get an A in music but I got an A in ladies. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

" I love that I can play around with all types of music. "

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

" I've had money thrown onstage, dollars, couple of five-dollar bills. I took the money, but it wasn't much. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I still feel like I'm alone at times - even if I'm in the midst of a million people. Because no one - including me - understands my mind creatively. I haven't really been formally introduced to my gift yet. I feel like I'm still on the runway. "

" If I could change anything, I would definitely have had a father around. My father. I would definitely say it affected me deeply as a young man, coming up. Who doesn't want a father? Those are the beginnings, and those are what can dictate the roads you choose in life, and choosing them well. "

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

" 'The Notebook' was beautiful, and I was crying because its hero and heroine had died together. "

" I believe the people that buy my music believes in me. "

" I just never, in my career, got into doing a lot of press. "

" I don't have a job, so I sit in the studio all the time and think of stupid stuff to do. "

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" 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. "

" I don't want to just go out and do song to song to song. I like to create things before the song actually kicks in, little things you do to excite the crowd. "