Quotes from Usher

In life, you have to go through something to get to something. From that, the inspiration comes having something of substance to talk about; otherwise you're just considered to be fluff.

I get to see life through rose-colored glasses a lot of the time.

I like a woman who takes care of herself - it says something about the way she'll care for me.

My idea of artistry has always been 'try everything until you find out what works.'

I learned how music works dealing with Jermaine Dupri, and I learned how image works dealing with Puff Daddy.

I'd like to do something with Michael Buble, Harry Connick Jr., Tim McGraw, Justin Timberlake, and Gwen Stefani.

I went through a soul-searching period. I went to a place that was a little bit more reflective and dark. I began to look at who I am, who I was, where I come from, what my culture is, and who I am as an African-American person in America.

I never hated my father. I would have named my child Usher regardless. I never hated myself because I carried his name, because I made it mean what I wanted it to mean.

The beauty about living in Atlanta is that there aren't too many paparazzi here; you can just relax. And that really works for me and my children.

I like to release music the way I feel it, as opposed to having a date. The idea of dates, boxes, categories are very scary for me.

My music is about where I am at the time. In 'Raymond vs. Raymond, ' I was going through a lot of things, and it came out in my music. My marriage fell apart, and I was suddenly a single father.

I've learnt that you are who you are, and in the end, if you don't believe it, then no one will.

When I was 14 years old, I was talking about much more mature things because of the writers that I had at the time. My first album was tied into what the culture was at that moment, which was Jodeci, Al B. Sure, Puff, The Hitmen. I reaped the benefits of being part of Bad Boy's movement. That was my introduction.

It isn't hard to be in a relationship because I've always loved to be in a relationship, and I love to be in love.

The hardest thing I think I've ever had to do to tell you, the woman I love, that I'm having a baby by a woman that I barely know.

Someday, I'd like to create a fashionable dance shoe.

I'm a go-hard type. It's in my DNA. I physically prepare my body as if I'm a trained athlete. After the shows, I sit in an ice tub and do a hot dip, cold dip, and sometimes I sit in a hyperbaric chamber to rejuvenate my energy.

I'm not a morning person, but I've become one as the result of having kids. The morning is my private time to spend with my boys.

I guess we're all kinda searching for a connection with something that's relevant to our past and speaks to who we are, and maybe helps us make a connection to what we are, and where we come from.

When I was a kid, we got in a cipher and battled each other lyrically. We told jokes and made the hottest dance moves.

Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like that.

I guess I had it made. My mother gave me advice - she taught me that women like to be looked in the eye - and my grandmother gave me condoms.

You can't fake being a star. But you can also become a great personality.

Sleeping is forbidden at the age of 22. It's all work and no play.