The light always shows on the outside if you are striving to be good on the inside.

During childbirth and hospice I'll sing gospel songs that my grandma taught me when I was younger, or something I've made up, or I'll hum. I just play things that I think the audience will like.

Following your heart also means eliminating the things that no longer evolve you.

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'm only in competition with my last level. It don't have nothing to do with music or anything. And the last level is hard competition, the last place you were.

I love watching Rihanna in fashion. I like to see her take chances and risks. I like seeing Naomi Campbell in the forefront. They're both women who stand out and use their bodies as canvases to introduce this functional art to the world. They carry it in a way that is very inspiring.

People who say that music is dead or hip-hop is dead are refusing to evolve.