Chris Brown stays off social networks to maintain his “sanity”.
The controversial singer made his Instagram account private in January this year.
Speaking to MTV News, he admitted taking a step back from utilising Twitter after his comments were continually coming under intense scrutiny.
“With me, it's just that everything I say is looked at under a microscope, so I gotta kinda pull back sometimes even if I want to be funny, if I'm joking or if I'm just being myself," Chris said.
He once deleted his @mechanicaldummy Twitter account in 2009 in the aftermath of his assault on Rihanna.
Chris has also engaged in famous Twitter rows with singer Frank Ocean and comedian and TV producer Jenny Johnson in the past.
However, he says he now uses his @ChrisBrown account purely for professional reasons.
"I think if I'm promoting my album or showing people my artwork or showing them the positive stuff that I'm doing, that's all that's necessary," he explained. "I think my personal life is pretty much an open book as it is now, but I try to keep some sanity to who I am so I try to stay off of it as much as possible. I give them what they need and not what they want.”
The star has more than 12 million followers on the social network.
On Monday, he released Fine China, the first single from his forthcoming album X.
