“An artist don't make you bigger than life - being that person that can break artists can make you bigger than life.”

“Don't get in my personal life.”

“Good production is like a beautiful marriage. It makes a happy home.”

“I been through some junk. It ain't all been peaches and cream.”

“I consider myself a composer.”

“I don't have beef with nobody.”

“I don't know nothing about no jungle and bass.”

“I don't think about other people. If I did, I'd wanna compete. But I don't think like that, because I'm above everybody.”

“I listen to a lot of '80s stuff, like 'Owner of a Lonely Heart,' by the group Yes. And Mr. Mister's 'Broken Wings.'”

“I listen to a lot of alternative types of music: I listen to a lot of Chinese music, I listen to a lot of Asian music. It might surprise you, but I listen to a lot of Arabic music. And I don't care - music is music.”

“I look at Lil Wayne as being from my generation.”

“I work out all the time. I love it.”

“I'm a grown man. I ain't got time for all that 'you say, she say.'”

“I'm a musical genius.”

“I'm definitely a risk-taker with my music.”

“I'm making music the way I would have done before modern equipment and music recording.”

“I'm the type of person who tries to save the world.”

“I'm trying to do something real different; I'm trying to bring the street to real pop. I'm trying to bring the street to pop. Not watering it down, no nothing.”

“I'm weird, I do crazy things, it's not like the average norm.”

“It's probably hard to be married to me. It's not easy.”

“I've always tried different stuff in the studio. I use rakes, spoons, cans... I'm a surround-sound type of guy.”

“My first love is producing.”

“My style is to take something unexpected and make it into a hit. That's what I do.”

“The same people who smile in my face would be the same ones to talk behind my back.”

“When I first met Aaliyah - it time for the world to hear this, I'm gonna give a little secret - I was in love with her.”