The-Dream

“I love it when people come in my house and ask for my paintings off the wall, and I have to tell them that I did it. I love art.”

“I would never intentionally hurt a soul and everyone around me knows that!”

“I don't think anybody does contemporary R&B albums better than me.”

“It's hard doing something that nobody actually wants to hear.”

“Politics changes music most of the time. Ronald Reagan - you can kind of say that he made hip-hop what it was by the embargoes that he set. Certain things that he did created N.W.A in a way. Politics has always done that.”

“I love Aaliyah.”

“I'm talented in other places, not only in songwriting, but music is always going to be the backdrop to whatever happens in life.”

“Frank Ocean is definitely amazing.”

“If you got a hit and you're white, there are no limits to what you can do.”

“People aren't really honest with themselves about anything. That's one of the reasons why we ended up with Trump in the White House.”

“Man's biggest enemy is a woman who has it in for them.”

“It was always in me to just put records out. I don't like holding on to records.”

“The-Dream is a fantasy, but without fiction.”

“It's very hard for me to write a generic song that could be sung by anybody.”

“I always loved the Clipse. Period, point blank.”

“Music was always a passion, but when I was a kid I didn't see it as a viable career.”

“I used to draw cars when I was growing up. I wanted to be a car designer. I've never been professionally taught. It's something that comes and goes.”

“I think what makes me great as a songwriter is there's still an artist behind it.”

“You probably shouldn't date a songwriter if you don't want to end up on the record.”

“I don't stop working.”