Usher Quotes
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My philosophy is I'm raising future adults, not children.
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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.
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Artistic development made me who I am. Somebody took the time to help me find what it is that works for me as an entertainer and who I am as a music maker.
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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.
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When I was a kid, we got in a cipher and battled each other lyrically. We told jokes and made the hottest dance moves.
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I think anybody, not just children, is a product of a great environment. If you put them in a better environment from a sad situation, nine times out of 10, they'll go in the right direction.
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Down time is not the name of the game.
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I like to wear things that are daring but also not seem too avant-garde.
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Strivers achieve what dreamers believe.
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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.
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Every time you come out with an album or a song, you want to feel like you're growing a bit in what you are and giving people something that they can feel.
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The only way you know what it is to be a boxer is to be one.
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I'm more for the style than the brand. I don't go brand shopping; I go detail shopping.
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I've been working so hard, I'm about to have a Mariah Carey.
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You couldn't find a more stylized boxer than Sugar Ray Leonard.
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I'm so sad to hear the horrible news of Amy Winehouse's death. I'm so happy I knew you Amy...Rest Well. Gone Too Soon...we'll miss you!!
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I still believe in love. I believe in marriage.
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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.
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Sometimes, when I'm scolding the kids, I sound just like my mom. I'm like, 'How did Jonetta get in here?'
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The best present a man can give a woman is his undivided attention.
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I met BSB at a benefit gig we were both doing, and they are really humble, nice guys - and very hard working
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Somebody has to look out for and protect our kids, and I feel blessed to be a blessing to someone else.
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Sleeping is forbidden at the age of 22. It's all work and no play.
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I create from a place of passion. It's like a pregnancy, where you create from a place of passion, and then it grows, and then before you know it, you want to push that baby out.