It can never be bad to have a foundation as a man – a black man. – in a time when women are dying for men. Women have started to become lovers of each other as a result of not having enough men.
I’ve been working so hard, I’m about to have a Mariah Carey.
I learned how music works dealing with Jermaine Dupri, and I learned how image works dealing with Puff Daddy.
I met BSB at a benefit gig we were both doing, and they are really humble, nice guys – and very hard working.
The hardest thing I think I’ve ever had to do to tell you, the woman I love, that I’m having a baby by a woman that I barely know.
Sleeping is forbidden at the age of 22. It’s all work and no play.
Breaking up is a natural evolution when you try to figure out what you want in life.
I like a woman who takes care of herself – it says something about the way she’ll care for me.
How do I define who Usher is? I’m still doing it – every day, every new opportunity, every stage, every interview, every other thing that I’ve done, every time that I’ve invested in anything that is all the definition of who I am.
Success is measured by personal happiness.
I have this bodyguard so if I get tired of signing Autographs I ask him to step in. It’s hard because people get angry at you, but I’ve got a life to live too.
It’s a mission for me to make sure that philanthropy doesn’t feel like a vintage hand-me-down from mom or dad. I want people to feel compelled to do something positive because they just love it, they’re excited about it, and it’s cool.
I think anybody, not just children, is a product of a great environment. If you put them in a better environment from a sad situation, nine times out of 10, they’ll go in the right direction.
If you don’t EVOLVE, you dissolve. You evolve or you evaporate.
Down time is not the name of the game.
I can win those four-chair turns all day.
The more youth begin to recognize that they have a voice, the more change is possible.
You are who you are, and in the end, If you don’t believe it then no one will.
I think it’s important for us to believe in one another’s capabilities. If I didn’t have someone to believe in me, I wouldn’t be the individual I am today. Neither would I strive for new territory or new direction or to believe in myself.
The girls want to see the rips on your stomach – they like that.