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AI Summary
- Usher discusses how conflict motivated his songwriting, particularly while working with producer Jermaine Dupri on his 2004 classic album 'Confessions'
- He explains how elder statesmen like Quincy Jones helped him maintain sophistication throughout his 30-year career and 65 million records sold globally
- Usher reflects on his first single being too raunchy and his diverse accomplishments including Broadway's Chicago and a Las Vegas residency