The 11 Most Honest Usher Quotes From His Interview With Oprah
In his most personal interview to date, Usher opened up to Oprah Winfrey on Oprah's Next Chapter to answer all the juicy questions and puts the rumors to rest.
Go through the gallery to see the best & most shocking quotes from their sit-down:
On having sex to his own music:
“Some may say this would be rather narcissistic, but yeah. I think I do a pretty good job at it. I’m a good motivator for the moment.”
“Having not had a father wasn’t a reason not to be a good father; that was all the reason to be a good father.”
“If you don’t evolve you dissolve. You evolve or you evaporate.”
“It’s pretty hard walking away from a hot ticket marriage. I’m still kicking myself in the ass behind that one. I always felt like maybe we weren’t ready.”
“Single mothers are protective over their boys. Nobody is good for their child, ever.”
On separating from his mom as his manager:
“I never fired her. I relieved her of her duties.”
On responding to skeptics about his relationship with ex-wife Tameka Foster:
“There were times when we both spoke out and we shouldn’t have. I can remember being on MTV and I went on and defended her. I should’ve never did that. ”
“You have at-home problems that you gotta address, period—with communication, with understanding of how things go. It’s hard being married. I didn’t know how to balance it. It was obviously too much for me.”
On his infidelity in his marriage:
“I was faithful at heart but not faithful all the way.”
On walking off stage in front of thousands of fans in Berlin:
“I had even said that I had a sinus infection because I never talked to anybody about my breakdown. I didn’t want them to say, ‘Oh wow, he’s unstable. He can’t cope with being an entertainer and a dad, etcetera.’”
On being in court over custody of his children:
