Releasing an album on a major label is like sending a package through Fed Ex. You know that it'll get there, and you know that it'll get there on time.
I don't dream to be like mega crazy rich.
If I didn't mould my reality then I'd still be in the ghetto where people like me are supposed to stay. You have to dream your way out of the nightmare.
We have no control over the outcome of anything. Like the planet and global warming, we don't control that. If politicians want a war we don't control that. Acts of terrorism, we can't control them.
If countries were people, England and France would be old men. Italy would be dead. Compared with them, America is in its 20s.
I go out partying to figure out exactly who I'm making music for. You can't just guess.
I've got Republican fans. Republicans like the Black Eyed Peas.
Philanthropy is the thing that I am really excited about, and having success means I can do more.
Philanthropy is my job.
I can procrastinate a little bit.
Most kids are not dreaming of being programmers, scientists or engineers.
I'm fascinated with quantum physics.
As we develop and get quicker with technology in America, it's like we're downgrading if you look at the investment in education... that's the thing that worries me.
I rescue families who are losing their homes because they have no jobs and they can't pay the mortgage and the banks are foreclosing on their homes.
I can't be quiet, as that's when I notice the ringing in my ears.
Romantic love is painful.
I like all the families in the U.K. But what I like about the idea of the royal family is... they seem like they're well educated and there's something admirable about them. And the Queen... she reminds me of my grandma.
Pop is the most competitive form of music there is. You are always fighting to be adopted and accepted by the masses, and it's always shifting.
I was born and raised in East Los Angeles by a single mom who had three biological kids and adopted four more. I never met my dad.
When someone is denying what they are, then that's when things start to spiral down.