Nelly People Quotations

I guess coming after 'Country Grammar' and everybody thinking, 'Well maybe, that was it.' To come back with something like 'Nellyville' and to have people accept it and appreciate it the way they did, that was a great move.

My nickname used to be Moses - still is Moses - for a long time, and people just call me Mo for short.

I think parenting these days is definitely different from when a lot of people grew up. As much blame as we give a lot of our kids for what they're not doing... I also try to give them as much credit for dealing with things that we didn't have to deal with. Bullying was one on one and face to face. Now it's all over the Internet.

So many people appreciate what you've done, the doors you've opened, but some people realise they're not going to be able to make as much money as they thought possible when you first started.

Certain artists can get away with certain things. Certain things are acceptable for certain people. It's a difference.

How many people out there really set a budget?

You always get that energy, you just want to be heard, to go out, do your thing and show people that we have just as much talent here as everywhere else.