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 ….

This album was designed to touch your soul..

I'm very responsible. And with ability you have to have responsibility. I'm not perfect. But you have to make sure that your children will know that ….

You're younger, you might want to go to clubs and kick it, but as you get older, you start seeing that life has more meaning to it. The people that y….

While the angels sing, I'd ask you to marry me, give you the sun for a diamond ring, if I could do those things..

All of a sudden you're like the Bin Laden of America. Osama Bin Laden is the only one who knows what I'm going through..

It's amazing to know that 5 years ago I was writing songs in a basement in the ghetto and now I'm writing for Michael Jackson. I'd be a fool not to s….

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

Once I started singing, I didn't have to try to be cool. I was just one of the coolest guys around..

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 fro….

I want people to notice my writing abilities are real and that I'm not just stuck in one situation..

If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it..

Well, I believe that the depth of your struggle can determine the height of your success. I was inspired to come out of everything I've been through ….

Just listen to all this sweet, sweet music. I'm working the music..

I wouldn't be able to do the songs as long as I've been doing if I didn't feel the pulse of the world. But I can feel people and I know what they wan….

I belive I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky..

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..

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

If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my s….

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

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 ….