Sean Kingston quotes:

I love song writing, so I'm always happy to write for other musicians.

I make sure I always surround myself with good, down to earth, fun, real people, who always keep me grounded.

It's easy to gain weight when you're in the studio.

Jamaica is kind of similar to Miami, but to go from there to Miami, and then Miami to L.A., it's crazy.

Number one on my top five is Beyonce.

My goal is just to get healthy as far as what my ideal weight has to be for my height.

God is great.

I think country has the biggest melodies ever.

I really like the reggae concepts like the culture vibe. They speak on everything that's going on, they don't have limits. They speak on politics, they speak on life, they speak on the troubles of poverty, everything. The message, the melodies and the concepts of reggae music are unbelievable.

I don't think an artist should keep themselves categorized in a specific box.

I got my deal off MySpace.com. I wrote to J.R. Rotem. He is big producer. He's done a lot of stuff for Rihanna, 50 Cent, Britney Spears and etc. I thought, "Yo, this guy is really talented I want to work with him." Once I sent him message he didn't reply back. I kept on sending the messages. I kept on hitting him back like eight times a day. He eventually replied back like, "Yo, I want to hear more music."

My mom, she got taken away from me when I was 14 years old. She is incarcerated. My sister was incarcerated. I was homeless. When my mom went away when I was 14. ... I was forced to live with my aunt. My aunt, she doesn't like rap music. She thinks rap music is the devil's music. Basically she said, "Yo, if you are going to do music you can't do it in my house."

Beautiful girls. They only want to do you dirt. They'll have you suicidal, suicidal when they say it's over.

I breathe, I sleep, I eat music. Music is what I wanted to do.

I describe me sound as international: reggae, pop, rap, R&B all in one. I think I have my own style. I can't really even describe it. People say, "What type of genre is your music?" It's Sean Kingston genre. I have my own genre. No disrespect to no artist or dudes out there. I feel like I am my own person. I am doing my own thing.

To put it in my music, that's not the message I am trying to send out. That's not the type of artist I am trying to be. That is not the type of lane I am trying to take. I'm looking for a crossover, wide audience. I am here to make great music and pursue a great career and connect with the fans _ this big artist that is making great music and sending positive messages.

With everything that is going on with hip-hop and with what everybody is doing I don't want to be in that lane. I think my lane is very different.