Im not gonna say that I hate it, because I really respect Usher and I was influenced by him. But so many people compare me to him, and I dont think itll ever stop. I just want to be my own artist. – Chris Brown
I didnt understand that I could sing until I was like 11 or 12. My mom heard me singing around the house and she said, What are you doing? You really can sing! So then I started going to school and singing to the girls. – Chris Brown
With fame, you cant trust everybody. You cant depend on them being there for you as a person. They will only be there because of what youve got you as a person. They will only be there because of what youve got and what you can bring to their life. Its not a relationship-its a leech. – Chris Brown
I like low-maintenance girls, but at the same time, classy. She needs to take care of herself. But also be a girl who isnt afraid to get sweaty and play basketball, so its cool if shes a tomboy. – Chris Brown
The functions of these elders, therefore, determine the power of the people for a representative is one chosen by others to do in their name what they are entitled to do in their own persons or rather to exercise the powers which radically inhere in those for whom they act. – Charles Hodge