Anytime you're afraid to try something new...just remember, amateurs built the ark, professionals built the titanic.
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.
Patience is key for getting over a breakup. That, and trailing off your interaction after the breakup.
I'm mischievous, but I'm calculated.
I've never been reckless - it's always calculated. I'm mischievous, but I'm calculated.
I like Ryan Gosling as an actor. I watch all of his movies, and he's Canadian and I just like his swag. I read his interviews and I'm a big fan of his.
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.
I respect Chris Brown. I'd like to call myself a friend - I don't know if I'm allowed to do that.
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.
I'm not confrontational, but if someone challenges, I'm not going to back down.
I don't measure my success anymore by the Grammys. I can't because I'll just end up crushed.
There were people who incorporated melody before me, but I would deem myself the first person to successfully rap and sing.
To go indie is a thing. But to put an album in the stores, you need a distribution label.
My favorite artists always documented emotion. Marvin Gaye and Al Green and Sade and Aaliyah.
My dad is a great writer. Naturally talented, naturally charming. He embodies that back-in-the-day cool.
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 don't really have a gimmick or a 'thing.' I'm one of the few artists who gets to be himself every day.
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'm actually a very honest person, and sometimes I end up like, 'Man, I said too much.' It's hard for me not to tell the truth when you ask me.
I'm cool with Jay-Z. Jay-Z is genuinely my friend.
