I don’t want no drama in my life, even though we have a little bit, but no more letting people control you. That’s drama, because then you become something that you’re not.
I’ve done well, I’ve been disappointed, and I think it all goes back to you. Of course the labels are going to be the labels. It’s the music business. You are a business. That’s what they do. So you’ve got to protect yourself.
…I would be a liar and my fans would hate me if I said to them, ‘Oh, we’re perfect and everything is great.’ We have situations just like everyone else. We’re not out in public trying to kill each other, but it’s real. We love each other.
As a kid, I dreamed about being onstage.
You can’t get around pain and opposition, but you can try to be joyful in the trial, and thank yourself for the trial, and thank God for the strength to get through it.
I like what I see when I’m looking at me when I’m walking past the mirror.
My career doesn’t get harder because when you have something to share, you have something to share. And when it’s a trial or a situation that you triumph out of, you have to – because this is the relationship I started with my fans on the My Life album in 1994. You have to share in order for people to see how you came through it, or how you’re dealing with having thoughts of doubting yourself. What songs are gonna help you? What lyrics are gonna pull you out of your slump?
I’m my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of myself, listen, make changes – ‘Oh, man, that’s messed up. Okay, I need to work on that; I need to work on this.’
I was inspired to create ‘My Life’ so I could finally share a personal part of my life beyond my music.
I don’t think I’ll do foster care or adopt, to be quite honest.
No one compares to you. Just remember that. There’s no one out there – there’s only one of you, and that’s it. And whatever you believe about you that’s great, no one else has it. And I can’t look like you, there’s no way I can slip into your body and be you, and you can’t slip into my body and be me. This is all we’re gonna get.
In the studio you can really concentrate on performing the song where as on stage you also have to worry about connecting with so many people, they’re definitely different.
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