Anything that exposes the arts more, that gives us an outlet to make money and also do what we enjoy doing as artists and to connect with the fans, I'm all for it.

Being in the public eye, I struggle to create and maintain romantic relationships. I am constantly faced with assumptions about who my significant other is, and it seems that there is always some speculation about my relationship status.

If you are going to believe in the fairy tale of 'Mr. Right,' then you need to keep everything in perspective. Know the things that make you happy. Know the things that enable and/or hinder your growth.

We all have friends that we confide in and talk to about our relationships. At times, we do not recognize the effect that this has on our relationship. We take a lot of what other people have to say to heart, and rightly or wrongly, it makes our way into our relationships.

My mom and my grandmother are probably two of the strongest women that I know.

I am humbled and truly honored to be the recipient of The Key to the City and my own day by the District of Columbia.

There's only so many ways to tell a story before the story gets boring.

In this life, we are in a constant search for inner peace. We long for it in all aspects of our lives, both personally and professionally. The truth is that we cannot have inner peace without balance. It seems that having too much or too little of anything completely throws off our balance, therefore limiting our inner peace.

Every flaw, scar, or mark you may have adds to your beauty.

I like to think that everything I do is tastefully done and doesn't come off necessarily like ratchet or something that tears women down. I like to make tasteful, seductive music.

I don't make records just for the ladies. I make it for the fellas, too.

Dr. Dre I've always been a huge fan of. The Roots as well. The Roots gave me an appreciation for live music.

I enjoy being slept on. It's like being on the verge of a cult movement. But making the underground-to-aboveground transition is cool.

You can't abandon an audience you created, because people will find someone else.

I'm very big on content. I kind of feel like content is king and will continue to be that, so I'm just going to give the fans what they want.

Being independent isn't as flashy as a lot of people may think. It's a lot of hard work; its a lot of investing your own money. And to creatively time to make your day work - it's on you to make it work, and no one else.

Music is a frequency, and my frequency, when I put it out there, is on the love vibes. It's not always sappy. Like, 'Bulletproof' is a love song. It's a black love song. I made it for my people. I made it for the world, but I made it for my people in particular.

'Pretty Lady' is the conversation piece where you just need to compliment your lady. If you are in a club setting, and you just been eyeing a beautiful woman, this song came from me trying to compliment women and them turning their face up at me.

I want to be that guy who gives you an album every 12 months.

I try to stay away from yes-men in my crew of immediate friends and peers. You got people that will tell you you're the greatest ever, but I need people that can tell me where I need to improve. I can respect the honest opinion.

We live in a world where there is so much wealth. There shouldn't be a homeless person. That's crazy.

Love is the highest frequency we can operate on.

I feel like we'll forever live in a country that's divided... Divided by race... Divided by love and hate.

I think we live in a constant state of emergency.