My mind is always racing, and always going and always working, and it's a gift and a curse.
Music is the most powerful form of communication in the world. It brings us all together. Even religion separates us, but a hit record unites us across religious beliefs, race, politics.
It's okay to be crazy, but don't be insane.
I feel safe in white because deep down inside, I'm an angel.
If you dream and you believe, you can do it.
Bad Boy Entertainment did not shoot anybody. I didn't shoot anybody.
Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn - we wouldn't be who we are without them.
I just want to be happy. You know what I'm saying? I just want to be happy, and I want to be able to make somebody else happy.
I miss my kids sometimes and that can get me down when I've been away working, but then I wake up and recognize how incredibly lucky I am. Spending time being down is less time out there achieving and enjoying.
I was proud of working 18 hours a day and sleeping three hours a night. It's something now that has turned into a problem for me: not being able to sleep... having insomnia.
I want to have a cultural impact. I want to be an inspiration, to show people what can be done.
It feels like I could go outside with a bikini thong on right now.
You can't start changing things in your past. Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn - we wouldn't be who we are without them. I certainly wouldn't be who I am.
I've always been a daydreamer. When the other kids were playing, I was listening to the roar at Yankee Stadium - I was always attracted to the roar of the crowd.
I have had fans make me the big picture collages of the photo books; I have had fans send me birthday cakes... sing to me on my voicemail. I have had fans flash me. I have had older fans give me their bras and underwear onstage.
I have so much respect for people in the theater. You can't do 10 or 15 takes. It's all live. It's like life in motion.
I was like a wonder kid at Uptown. The first record I produced sold two million copies - and I'd only produced it because the producer didn't show up.
Man, I just feel blessed... I was in a situation where the only way I could come out of it was by putting my faith in God. No matter how good my lawyers were, no matter how much celebrity I had, everything was just stacked up against me.
My message is all about peace.
My talent is definitely a gift. I don't understand where it comes from. I don't play an instrument, and I never went to school for music production, but I know exactly how a song should sound and how to give an artist direction.
