Def Jam, they've shown nothing but love as far as supporting my records. We haven't missed yet, radio-wise, and every song that they've actually tried to support has been No. 1.
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I want to show people all of me, because that's what I haven't been doing. To be able to play so many instruments, and no one's ever seen me play, it seems like someone who's bluffing.
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When I first got signed, I used to literally pick up a pen and pad. Write bars in my notes, even whole songs. Nowadays, I just go off the feeling.
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I can sing, don't get me wrong, but it's no belting singing.
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Often, it's the little things, like the title of a song, that can make a huge difference in its success.
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It took me five years to realize what I could do with my voice. No Auto-Tune - cut all that off.
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I'm from Chicago, so you know we come from juking and footwork.
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That's my ultimate goal: to get people to say my name right.
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It messes me up sometimes when I go on stage and people say my name wrong. Say my name wrong with all these different syllables. I've heard everything. My name is easy as 1-2-3. Jer-eh-mih, syllable-wise.
