I Love Being Able To Be Political

My New Album That I'm Creating, Which Is Finished Pretty Much, Was Written With This New Instinctual Energy That I've Developed Getting To Know My Fans. They Protect Me, So Now It's My Destiny To Protect Them.

I Remember Watching The Mascara Tears Flood The Ivories And I Thought, "it's Ok To Be Sad." I've Been Trained To Love My Darkness.

Akon Is A Very Talented Songwriter To Work With. His Melodies, They're Just Insane. It's Funny, I Think About Him A Lot When I'm Doing My Melodies Because He's So Simple, And He's Just Been Great. He Keeps Me On My Feet, Very Grounded, But He Also Puts Me On A Silver Platter, Which Is Always Very Nice. So It's Been An Incredible Influence. It's Like Every Time You Work With Somebody That's Better That You Are, You Become Greater.

Why Spend Your Whole Life Trying To Be Somebody That You're Not? It's So Much More Fun To Be Yourself **** What Everybody Says.

When I Was Younger, I Felt Pressure To Become Someone Else Once I Became Successful.