"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 you love are the people you want to start trusting and start wanting them to trust you and start respecting them."

"I've programmed myself musically to come up with love-feeling tracks that are romantic, sexy, but classy, all in one. And that's the challenge. Once I create that music, then the lyrical content starts to come - you know, the stories and things like that."

"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 struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it."

"They say marriage will change you but it didn't change me. Being in love changed me."

"I don't believe that you have to be a cow to know what milk is."

"There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either."

"When I'm ready, I plan to adopt. I still believe in family."

"I firmly believe that we can have a healthy environment and a sustainable timber industry."