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Usher is amazing. He's perfection to me as a performer. He gets down.

I think Usher is a bonafide superstar because he's very honest in his songs, and people can relate to that, especially in the feelings and textures of his voice. He is one of the best.

I hate that if you do one style of music or become really well known for that one song, that everything that comes after has to fit that mold.

It's very difficult for me to dislike an artist. No matter what he's creating, the fact that he's experiencing the joy of creation makes me feel like we're in a brotherhood of some kind... we're in it together.

I can take an opinion, but I don't like when you try and spew hate and contaminate the way other people think. I feel like I'm one of the people that's always made music for the common man. That's why I don't really live my life the way I could. I don't stunt as much as I could stunt, 'cause that's not who my music is for.

Usher is definitely somebody I came up listening to.

Look, none of the artists who I admire or respect have ever shied away from a role because it might make them unpopular with somebody.

I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.