I'm not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I'm thick. I like my body.

Some of the greatest artists did their best work when they got political.

Mozart would play a counterpart with his left hand while using his right to mock it. It was blue, dark, shadowy - and it made me feel something. That's when I realized music was inside me.

Moments are so fleeting; I want to hold on to the good ones. When I am truly present, I feel alive, and I want everyone around me to share that feeling so we can make the most of that moment together.

I feel the presence of a higher power. I believe that what you give is what you get. It's universal law. I believe in the power of prayer and of words. I've learned that when you predict that negative things will happen, they do.

Gangsta rap was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. Gangsta rap didnt exist.

You don't know what will happen from one minute to the next.