I was signed by L.A. Reid on Arista Records when I was 16. He understood me and believed in me. Arista folded and I got put on RCA or whatever, then there were new people there, and every six months it changes and more new people come in.
“Whenever I'm being invited to the New York City Marathon like today, I need to think twice because I know it's a very tough race.”
“There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There's a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria.”