When I did 'Unwrapped' -- that's one of my favorite albums I've ever done in my life -- I love it when someone listens to the whole album. But I would rather them be able to buy some songs that they like, [rather] than not buy the album at all . . . . You can't fight technology. You can't fight, you know, the consumer.

I'm signed to release the third book in the series. When they invited me to do the Noelle book I had started on an autobiography, sort of, because I still get …

I fought my company [Sony] tooth and nail when they stopped putting out singles.

As a writer, I see myself more as a communicator. For me, writing is the best part of my career.

What happened is the music listener has become much more of a connoisseur and a king of his own destiny. You can no longer shove an album down their throats an…

It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? …

I'm the most sampled and stolen. What's mine is mine, and what's yours is mine, too ... I got a song about that ... But I'm never gonna release it. Don't want …