Usher Quotes

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Usher

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 14, 1978

The girls want to see the rips on your stomach - they like that.

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Down time is not the name of the game.

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

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

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

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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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My philosophy is I'm raising future adults, not children.

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I want England to understand - the rest of the world to understand - what is going on in America. And I want America to understand what is going on in the rest of the world.

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

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You couldn't find a more stylized boxer than Sugar Ray Leonard.

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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.

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Marketing is more important than it has ever been. But I'm trying to tear the layers back and make it not so contrived. I think people just want entertainment.

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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.

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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 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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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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