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I never grew up thinking I wanted to be a quote-unquote star or anything. My thing was just feeling blessed to be able to make my living acting.

Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs.

I quote others only in order the better to express myself.

Doing something because it's quote-unquote a good career move doesn't really appeal to me.

I've been misquoted a lot, and there's this tendency for people to put on to you how they think you should be or what they think you should feel.

I don't think I live the lifestyle that's expected of a quote unquote R&B artist. I'm just not that dude.

I like to make decisions based on things I'm interested in doing, not what seems like the next move in my quote-unquote career.

I tend to thrive on being misquoted. It's the only way I sound good.

When people sometimes misquote me, I don't know if they understand what I'm saying.

The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause.