I'm always trying to find brain food and indulge in knowledge that's gonna be useful.

When I leave a room, it's gonna be footprints of funk wherever I stepped, because I'm a soul-funk crusader.

Life moves so fast. You gotta document the good times, man.

The music that I make is built on layers upon layers of musical ideas. I want to keep it fun and fresh to where listeners won't get everything from just one listen. They can go back to it months, weeks, or even years later and hear something that they didn't ever hear before. That's what it's all about.

There's so many lies being told throughout the media and people just run with the lies. They're numb to it. Too many followers, not enough leaders.

I called Jermaine [Dupri, artist/producer and head of black music at Virgin], and it was on.