Amidst speculation over the status of Chris Brown and Rihanna's relationship, the R&B singer talked about what's happening in his life right now and about the Rihanna assault incident in an interview with The Guardian.

In 2009, Rihanna and Chris Brown failed to show up at the Grammy awards ceremony. As a result, rumors spread that the two got into a fight but when the news hit that he had attacked her and had been arrested, it completely shocked Hollywood. During the trial, Brown was issued with a restraining order. In the end, he was sentenced to six months of community labor as well as five years on probation.

When it comes to his arrest and conviction, he said that it really affected him. "That was probably, like, one of the most troubling times in my life, because I was 18 or 19, so being able to feel the hatred from more adult people, you don't understand it at the time, because you made a mistake," he told The Guardian in an October 4 interview.

He also added that his court-ordered 52-week anger management program had helped him learn to keep his temper but commented: "I think the actual class I went to was a little bit sexist."

"It was beneficial because it made me cater more to a woman's thoughts and a woman's needs, and how to handle situations. But the class itself, no disrespect to the class, but the class itself only tells you you're wrong, you're wrong, you're wrong," he elaborated.

Brown described "the Rihanna incident" as "probably the biggest wake-up call for me. I had to stop acting like a little teenager, a crazy, wild young guy," he told The Guardian.

"I learned from it, and it was almost like... I wouldn't say it happened for a reason, but it was something to trigger my mind to be more of a mature adult. To handle myself in situations, don't throw tantrums, don't be a baby about it."

Now, Brown has two ambitions. One is to be wealthy. "I don't want to be rich, I want to be wealthy. There's a difference, you know? I'm rich, but I'm not in the $200m mark." The other one is to "to sell ground-breaking numbers on an album."

Brown said that he doesn't want to be "the decay of society, I'd like to be the uplifting part."