Ginuwine
I don't look at certain things on TV anymore. I don't listen to certain music anymore. I make sure my kids don't listen to it. It's funny because back in the days I could look at comedy shows and all kind of stuff and you didn't even realize how much cursing it had in it.Collection: Funny
Tyrese was my best man at my wedding.Collection: Wedding
When you're doing good, everybody praises you. But when everything's all gone, a lot of people are nowhere to be found. So you always just believe in yourself, do it yourself and you won't be let down.
I've stood the test of time, weathered a lot of storms and hurdled a lot of obstacles.
I remind myself to stay down to earth so I can keep in touch with my audience.
I didn't have my mom or my dad or cousins or anybody to guide me. I was around a whole bunch of wolves... I was just like, 'Lord, just guide me and weed these snakes out of my life.'
I'm game for a lot of things. But I won't disrespect myself in any way.
Even though I didn't continue with my therapy, I went to church and received counseling from my pastor and got straight spiritually. I was able to turn away from all those things that were destroying me and finally think clearly.
Differences' is the biggest song in my career. It beat 'Pony,' it beat 'So Anxious' and 'None of Ur Friends Business' as far as popularity and spins.
I made my statement... I had my foot in the '90s.
Once we put 'So Anxious' out, it was a wrap.
Well the first record is something that you just put so much into. And the second record, people always talk about the sophomore jinx and everything, but I was still able to get through it and still focus on what I needed to do and make timeless music.
Pony' was one of the biggest songs of my career. It was really hard to follow that up.
With me and Timbaland, we would always be at the studio, but working separately. He would be doing his thing with the beats and I would be doing my thing writing and then we would both come together and say 'OK, you add this to it and I'll add that to it.'
Since Bobby Brown, I was the first one to be in my video taking my shirt off and showing the 6-pack and 8-pack. Other people weren't cut like that.
See, every thing in show business is a lie. It ain't all it's cracked up to be. You are in situations where you are forced to think that you are better than everybody else because of the pedestal the fans place you on. It's a lie. This is just a job, a high-profile job. You have to keep that in perspective and not get caught up in the hype.
The fatherhood thing is easy - when you're there.
Michael Jackson is the greatest musical influence on me. He's my man. Musically, he is the one artist I want to be like.
A lot of times, men like to keep stuff in and that's the worst thing that you can do.
I write the best songs I can.
When you're doing an album, you need to come up with something new, be creative.
On every album you can see my growth.
As you grow, you learn and talk about different things.
Anyone should have the right to say no if they don't want someone to kiss them or touch them or date them or anything.
I try to be drama free.
I'm laid back, I'm genuine, I'm easy to get along with.
Back in the day, when 'Pony' came out, I don't believe there was anyone that could dance like me.
I was inspired by James Brown, Michael Jackson and Prince.
Everybody is inspired by someone.
I love women, I love being around women, I love to learn.
I love to stay busy.
Tyrese is one of my best friends in the business.
I don't think no one out there can entertain better than I can.
I'm actually a Dallas Cowboys fan.
I like to keep some things secret. Otherwise, there's no mystique about you.
I always felt that I was never acknowledged for a lot of things - award shows, all of that.
I've grown a lot since my first record came out - even since 'Back II da Basics' was released in 2005.
I want to reach back to when R&B meant something, to when it made impressions on people.
You have to grow with the music.
I don't want to change who I am.
If anybody in the business can capture the spirit of 'Pony,' it would have to be Rihanna.
My heart always likes to give, and if I'm going to help somebody it might as well be someone who can't help themselves.
Everybody plays basketball in D.C. Not on a team. Just around the way. Anywhere. I actually loved basketball.
When people come to see me, they'll see what they know me for. Hits from the past, but I always mix in a little something new. New stuff. Old stuff. It creates a great show. There's a lot of crowd participation. A lot of interaction and energy. That's what I do best.
I've pretty much always been in the limelight. A star in my own right.
I thought I could get myself into the music business by doing paralegal work. I was just trying to get in any way I could.
It's good to plan, but you just never know.
That's why I named my album 'The Life,' because it's appreciating life and not taking it for granted and living it day by day.
I'm not the same young man I was when I first got into music.
I've always been attracted to acting as soon as I did my first video.