Los Angeles, June 30 (IANS): Singer Chris Brown says he has made "a lot of mistakes" in the past, but admits he has learnt a "lot of lessons" from them.

"I ain't good with speeches. A lot has changed in my life, a lot of mistakes, a lot of lessons learned. The best thing, I'm most thankful for is my daughter. At the end of the day, love is love. I love everybody.

"My fans, when I was in jail, 'Loyal' was number one. Last year, I was fat on this stage, dancing, trying to get my stuff together but right now I can only say I'm so thankful and happy to have the loyal fans in Team Breezy right now, because without you all, I can't do my music.

"Everyone that's here that know me, to know me, is to love me. If you ain't with us, so what? I love you all." he said collecting the Fan Award and the Best Male R&B/Pop Artist Award at the BET awards, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

Meanwhile, Brown's primary focus is being a father to his little girl as of now.

When asked if he still loved ex-girlfriend Karrueche Tran, he said: "Yeah, of course. I'm not a hateful person, you know. Of course I still love (her). But I'm just, mentally right now, I'm just, I think everything takes time, you know. I think I just need to focus on being the best father I can be."