Chris Brown Cover Tease: 'I Hope That I Am Not Defined By Just a Few Moments in My

ife'
Did you spend time writin! whi"e you were in #ai"$
No% &ou 'now( #ai" isn)t a p"a*e of many *reative spirits% But as far as my *reativity( I put
it on ho"d unti" I !ot out% Jai" is more of a re!imen and a stru*ture% I)m more of a free
spirit when it *omes to *reatin! musi*( paintin! and art% +o when I !ot out( I was very
e,*ited to !et into the studio% I didn)t have any ideas or *on*epts- they usua""y *ome as I
!o .in to re*ord/% I was drawin! and s'et*hin! most of the time( 0idin! time%
1hat was the dai"y routine "i'e$
A !uard wa'es you up- you eat% &ou stay in your *e"" most of the time( 0asi*a""y 23 hours
a day% May0e on Mondays you !o to the roof inside of a *a!e and have a phone *a""% It)s
iso"ation% &ou have time to fo*us on what matters( on what to do and what not to do%
1hat "essons did you "earn from the e,perien*e$
My maturity "eve" has risen as far as my rea"i4in! what)s important% 5ea"i4in! that I)m
human "i'e everyone e"se% At the end of the day( it)s #ust a hum0"in! e,perien*e% &ou)re
more appre*iative of everythin! e"se that)s on the outside% A 0ur!er tastes 6(777 times
0etter when you)re out 8au!hs%9 I)m #ust more appre*iative of the thin!s I)m 0"essed
with and the thin!s I do: musi*( 0ein! a0"e to ta'e *are of my fami"y( 0ein! a0"e to see my
friends and fami"y% And do what I "ove and sti"" 0e a0"e to do it in a time"y fashion to
where peop"e don)t thin'( :;h we""( he fe"" off%< +ti"" 0ein! a0"e to 0e *onsistent%
1hat did you miss the most$
I #ust missed my fami"y% At the end of the day( musi* is definite"y a passion% But when
you)re dea"in! with your own persona" issues( fami"y is first% I #ust dea"t with that% I
missed my dad and mom( a"" my *ousins %%% seein! peop"e)s fa*es and smi"es %%% seein!
peop"e who were #ust en*oura!in! and positive%
How did you 'eep yourse"f motivated$
.I had to fee"/ "i'e this happened for a reason% There was a purpose% May0e I was out of
*ontro" too mu*h% ;r I needed somethin! to hum0"e me to the point where I !et it% At that
point( I didn)t "oo' at it as tryin! to !et out of the situation 0ut "earn from it%
How have you 0een a0"e to maintain su*h a "oya" fan 0ase$
First( I)d say =od% Honest"y% My faith in 'nowin! what my purpose is and how I)m tryin!
to find out what my purpose is% My fan 0ase spea's vo"umes .to that/% I never want to say
that I 'now everythin! or I 'now what the 0est son! or a hit is% I #ust put it out there for
peop"e to "i'e and "ove% I ma'e musi* for myse"f persona""y( 0ut I a"so try to do musi* that
peop"e *an re"ate to( have fun with- evo'e as mu*h emotion as possi0"e from my audien*e
and peers% It)s =od and #ust *onsisten*y with my ta"ent% Bein! a0"e to persevere if I !et
'no*'ed down and a"ways !et 0a*' up% A "ot of times( you *an !et *onvo"uted and
*onfused with a"" the mayhem and hoop"a that)s !oin! on% I #ust try to stay !rounded-
'eep my fami"y first% And a"ways fo*us on what my purpose is: puttin! out !reat musi*% I
don)t rea""y fo*us on any e,tras or stories in the ta0"oids% It)s nonsense%
&ou)ve moved forward( and 5ihanna says she a"so has moved >forward% Do you see a day
when your re"ationship won)t 0e 0rou!ht up at a""$
1hen we)re not re"evant anymore( that mi!ht 0e the *ase% As "on! as you)re doin!
somethin! !ood( peop"e wi"" a"ways 0rin! up o"d stuff or ne!ative stuff 0e*ause they
don)t want you to surpass a *ertain "eve" or e"evate% But as "on! as you have your head on
strai!ht( it shou"dn)t matter what peop"e want to say%
?,p"ain what it)s "i'e to "ive in the pu0"i* eye%
I #ust have to rea"i4e it *omes with the territory in this day and a!e of so*ia" media% My
a!e !roup and youn!er stay on the phone and Internet% It)s easy a**ess% +o I #ust "i'e to
fo*us on what I)m doin! instead of !ettin! *au!ht up% ?very0ody !ets *au!ht up wat*hin!
Insta!ram or whatever- they have #o'es and a"" 'inds of thin!s% I *an sti"" en!a!e in it 0ut
not parti*ipate in the ne!ative side% Not everyone in the wor"d is !oin! to parti*u"ar"y
"ove me% But I)m *oo" with that% As "on! as I "ove myse"f and my musi*( I)m fine% @eop"e
are !oin! to say what they want to say% I don)t "oo' over my shou"der or wish I *ou"d turn
0a*' the hands of time% ife is a "earnin! e,perien*e( so I)m "earnin! as I !o% I)m not
wa"'in! around an!ry a0out anythin!% +o you #ust have to "et it 0e%
Do you *onsider yourse"f a ro"e mode"$
As far as my mista'es in "ife( that)s 0ein! a ro"e mode"( 0e*ause peop"e *an see my
mista'es and "earn from them% I)ve !one throu!h more stuff than most AB> or 37>year>
o"ds( and I)ve dea"t with it% As far as 0e*omin! a man in the pu0"i* eye( *ontinuin! to
persevere and stay positive throu!hout tria"s and tri0u"ations C that)s the on"y thin! I)d
say *ontri0utes to my 0ein! a ro"e mode"% If 'ids "oo' up to me( that)s ama4in!- !reat% As
far as me as an artist and a person( I a"ways want to e,ude positivity% But as far as sayin!(
:Hey( I)m a ro"e mode"( I)m the 0est of this(< I ta'e the hum0"e approa*h and "et peop"e
ma'e that de*ision for themse"ves%
How wou"d you define redemption$
Bein! a0"e to "earn from mista'es and inspirin! peop"e to "earn from yours% 5edemption
is 0ein! a0"e to 0e *omp"ete"y hum0"e and "ove yourse"f% Dnow that you)re human and
understand that "ife has its ups and downs( 0ut =od a"ways 0a"an*es it out%
If you *ou"dn)t ma'e musi* or dan*e( what wou"d you do instead$
I wou"d 0e somewhere in the industry( 0ut not ne*essari"y around musi*% It wou"d 0e
more "i'e fashion desi!n( or I)d pro0a0"y 0e a painter or street artist% I)m e*"e*ti*( with
different sty"es of *reativity% But paintin! is one of my 0i!!est passions% I #ust started
!ettin! 0a*' into it sin*e I)ve 0een so fo*used on musi*% It)s not "i'e( :;D( I)ve !ot to do
an art show so peop"e 0uy my paintin!s%<
Do you fee" positive a0out the out*ome of the 1ashin!ton( D%C%( assau"t hearin!$
I #ust fee" positive a0out "ife in !enera"% 1hatever happens wi"" happen( and =od has me%
I)m !oin! to 'eep my faith and 0e fo*used on my fami"y( friends( fans and musi*% And
from there #ust 0e the 0est Chris Brown I *an 0e%