American Quotes

A little mordida, here. A little mordida, there.

Half the time I feel like I'm appealing to the downer freaks out there. We start to play one downer record after another until I begin to get down myself. Give me something from 1960 or something; let me get up again. The music of today is for downer freaks, and I'm an upper.

I started out as an opportunistic renegade. By now, I've lasted long enough to become sort of an American Original Respectable Renegade.

We are put on this earth to have a good time. This makes other people feel good. And the cycle continues.

I always love going to Paris, and now I feel like I know it really well.

I also want to try acting - give it a shot - maybe take some lessons, I think that could be fun. I feel like that could even help me with modeling, because in a way you have to act.

Before I started modeling, I had never been out of the country, and now I feel like I'm out of the country at least a few times a month, if not once a week.

As long as I'm not living out of a suitcase, I'm happy.

You can't take people's opinions personally. Usually what people say about it is a reflection of them own issues.

Oh yeah people recognize me, but the craziest thing? I mean I've had the normal autographs... but I had to sign a baby's carriage once. I thought that was weird, so yeah, I guess that's the craziest thing.

My very first acting gig was in a movie for Russ Parr. He did this movie called 'Love for Sale,' and that was my first role in any film.

In the acting world, you can really only become good by practicing and doing it, and I just think every time you walk onto a set you just become better and better. I think I'm in a totally different space than I was back then on that first movie set.

If my goal is to become a movie star, me working at a pizza shop won't help me. I have to make the stars align.

I went to an historically black college where we're always told that there's limitation. And so I'm happy to represent for black colleges.

I plan on having the credibility and integrity of being a part of an entertainment news program like 'E!,' in addition to being on the actor side as well.

I love film and I love sitcoms, and I was one of those kids that would just go to the movies on the weekend and spend my whole weekend watching all of the movies.

I look at a mentor of mine like Ryan Seacrest and the incredible amount of equity he's been able to bring to the broadcasting arena, and the branding and the world that he's been able to build around himself.

Going from college to being on national TV almost fresh outta school, it happened really fast.

Being part of a fraternity has given me the foundation for everything I do in my career from the loyalty to the determination; it laid the foundation for everything I've been able to enjoy. I'm heavily involved with Omega Psi Phi.

I am a real person that cares about his art and cares about what he's doing - I have a heart and a soul and want to touch people and give.

At fourteen, I started sending out demo tapes.

As a black man, my hope is that I can touch more and more people all over the world of different races and different colours.

You can't let your past hold your future hostage.

There's a lot of single black women who did the best that they could and that's a beautiful thing, but they don't know how necessary a father is in a kid's life and how much guys miss that deep down inside.

Once you achieve one goal, you should be looking forward to trying to build onto the next thing, and not just getting comfortable with what you're doing.

Once the referee throws the ball in the air, it's either your ball or their ball and you have to just take your shot.

I'm not trying to keep up or adapt. I'm allowing myself to grow, evolve and create new music.

I'm not trying to be new school and I'm not old school - I'm classic. There's a lot of new cars and there's a lot of old cars, but I'm just classic in doing what I do.

I'm a real person that cares about his art and cares about what he's doing. I have a heart and a soul and I want to touch people and give.

I try to do the right thing with money. Save a dollar here and there, clip some coupons. Buy ten gold chains instead of 20. Four summer homes instead of eight.