The way that I learned to be confident was I would ride the back of the city bus and sing very low.
God put me on this earth to bring souls back to the Kingdom of God. You don't need to pray ten times a day - you just need hope. My music is going to stop war; it's the healing music. I see myself in Brazil, in Syria, in Darfur, and places where they really need hope.
I'm here to be the greatest.
'I Told You' is for all the people who've been doubted, the underdogs.
I was being very bad because I didn't know how to express myself. Music gave me an outlet to express myself and channel that anger.
People have to remember this - I've literally been going at this music thing since my mother passed away.
Swavey is the movement. Three words... It's Unique, it's true, and it's yourself. It's a very unique thing: it's true to yourself, and it's all about you just being yourself.
I love 50 Cent. I know it sounds weird 'cause a lot of kids might not say that right now, but I definitely want to work with 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Coldplay: I want to work with different artists that are going to push my music to a new level. Not just in urban music.
For me personally, my favourite part of performing is just going in the crowd and doing crazy things that they never expected to see. Challenging myself to do new things that I never expected to do. That's the biggest thing for me.
The reason why I called it 'I Told You' is because I wanted to show people that I have been doubted, and I have been in the face of adversity. Coming out of that situation, this is my 'I told you' moment.
Hip-hop is a contact sport.
Drake could diss me 20,000 times, and I would never diss him. I'm a fan.
When I get to a certain level, I'll start going by Daystar.
Subconciously, the things you listen to and you believe in, those things are going to come out, you know what I mean? I think you take that and make it your sound; that's what I do when I'm putting together genres of music.
Usher is definitely somebody I came up listening to.
I'm not a singer. I'm not an R&B singer. I'm an artist.
That's why, to this day, K.I.S.S. can sell out wherever they go... because they sell tickets, and they have that core fan base. You may not hear K.I.S.S. on the radio with a new single today. And they can still sell out anywhere.
I'm not a hater. I've expressed this before.
I'm a big Justin Bieber fan. I've been a Justin Bieber fan. I've been listening to his music. OG, you know. That's also my friend, too, so, you know. It's just one of those things. We've been supporting each other's music for a long, long, long time.
Singing is one of the most important components to me. That's kinda how it all started.
