When you wake up every day, it's like a new birthday: it's a new chance to be great again and make great decisions.

It's cool to be recognized, but it's not something that I was seeking or sought after. I never wanted to be famous.

I don't want to be an artist; I don't really want to sing - though I do sing on a few songs. But I want to be the guy that presents new music from both new artists and established artists at the same time.

Being a songwriter, my job is just to write songs for people. I'm not attached to them.

Back in the Nineties, I was in an R&B group. I signed my first record deal when I was 12.

I had to go through so much trial and error to get all the whack-ness out of my system as a kid. I think everybody has to do that. You have to go through a period of failing in order to get better at it - whatever you're doing.