“I would have only doubted myself if I was really attached to the resul...” — Russ Quote

I would have only doubted myself if I was really attached to the result of what I was doing, but I was always doing it and will always do it for the love of making songs, and if you liked it you liked it, if you didn't, you didn't. It was always pure and always will be pure.

Being self-made means doing things your own way - and doing it without any handouts.

I didn't go to my prom. I didn't go to my homecoming.

I'm not sitting around, waiting for something to run across the Internet so I can go, 'Oh, that's what I'mma write about.' I just go around, live life, make music, and it's epic.

From the engineer to the producer, all of these roles are critical to creating a song.

I didn't get attached to Botox. It is costly, and you have to remember to keep doing it.

At home, we don't listen to our music-we listen to other people's music. It keeps you attached to the show business world.

The problem is no longer that with every pair of hands that comes into the world there comes a hungry stomach. Rather it is that, attached to those hands are sharp elbows.

If you get too attached to how you want it to come out the other side, you freeze. I try to trust that it will work out in the end.

The fascination of somebody with original creative gifts is something that's always drawn me. I get attached to them, but I can't call it being in love, because the words are so debased.