Hip-Hop is bigger than the government.

What does music mean to me? I don't think I would really be much without it, without it coming through me. It's my means of communication, my means of growth, my means of transportation from one point in my life to another.

I'm a woman who has gone through many heartaches, enough to dedicate my whole life to trying to figure them out.

I started performing at two or three on a tape recorder, one of those little flat recorders where you just push play and record.

I could do a few more sit-ups and my waistline would be less difficult.

Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between me and the most high. You know, my higher self. The Creator.

I feel like I haven't done anything. What have I done? I've just made a few records.