If you don’t EVOLVE, you dissolve. You evolve or you evaporate.
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.
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.
You either evolve or dissolve.
In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we’re better. And I feel like I’m becoming more seasoned, although I don’t have my salt-and-pepper hair.
You can’t fake being a star. But you can also become a great personality.
The best present a man can give a woman is his undivided attention.
I’d like to do something with Michael Buble, Harry Connick Jr., Tim McGraw, Justin Timberlake, and Gwen Stefani.
I never hated my father. I would have named my child Usher regardless. I never hated myself because I carried his name, because I made it mean what I wanted it to mean.