The-Dream

I love Aaliyah.

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I love Rihanna period!

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My influence is everywhere.

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I've never lied on a record.

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I don't stop working.

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Some of the time, I am competing with myself.

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I'm not a singles artist - I never have been.

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I'm a hopeless romantic, of course.

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I refuse to do something that's not me as an artist.

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There's nothing I can't do musically.

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Most of the time, men don't really express ourselves.

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You don't need a band to do hip-hop; you only need a DJ.

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I can't control when somebody likes my song or they don't.

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I understand freedom of speech but if I made my living spreading rumors about people, my family wouldn't claim me.

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Music was always a passion, but when I was a kid I didn't see it as a viable career.

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You probably shouldn't date a songwriter if you don't want to end up on the record.

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The business of a label is to make money - my business is to make music. I'm gonna get paid if I…

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More than anything, 'Purple Kisses' just came about because I'm very hands on, especially in relationships.

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It's hard doing something that nobody actually wants to hear.

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My influence is everywhere. You know when you're touching people.

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I know how a woman thinks - that doesn't mean that I agree with it.

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One thing is relationships: Don't get in a relationship if you're going to leave a man if he cheats on you. Because…

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I'm a vulnerable guy, which is always been there, you know? Like, most of the time I put myself in positions where…

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When people try questioning my artistry or what it is that I do, it's because it doesn't look like everybody else's art.

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I grew up looking at the Grammys. It was a childhood infatuation with these people walking around with gold statues. I felt…

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There are certain people who respect me in the dark. Some people who don't know me are afraid to say, 'What you…

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Rhythm and blues is about what life is, it's about being able to talk heartbreak and understanding that people go through it,…

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I'm talented in other places, not only in songwriting, but music is always going to be the backdrop to whatever happens in…

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What I look forward to the most is influencing an individual to go out into the world and make the world a…

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My gears that I have to go through... One minute in my mind to be Beyonce and one minute to be Rihanna…

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I think the emotion that song carries makes it good. Because you have to produce around something - an emotional attachment and…

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To somebody else saying all I need is 10 million dollars, then I've probably made it. But there are Paul McCartneys walking…

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It takes a lot to put a 5-piece band on, even though we need it. We need those harmonies; I need those…

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I love Kanye. He's literally the only person that challenges me. He has an overwhelming love for music also, and that's why…

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What I want to do is to create a conversation piece and something people remember. I want to make it repetitive enough…

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Some people aren't smart enough to understand the intellectual part of a being. That's why as a 30-year-old you don't have a…

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When I used to work my 9 to 5, I used to go to this abandoned house down the street. It was…

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I think of myself just as a writer.

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I always loved the Clipse. Period, point blank.

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My mama died when she was 35 years old.

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