I think the job of an artist is to be honest and fearless.

I solidify his [ Riccardo Tisci] vision and what he is trying to manifest, make it a crystal or solid thing because of the relationship I have with my culture and what my music means to him.

I'm pretty mutable as a human being, period - if you put me on Pluto, I can figure it out.

What draws me to a project is how sympathetic I am toward it, so that I can relax into it and give up myself.

I just love expressing my joy and my mind through what I wear, or how I cook, or how I dance, or how I write or perform a song - how I move.

I was sitting at home one day and I got a call that Riccardo Tisci was considering me for the face of the Givenchy Spring/Summer 2014 campaign, and I said, "Are you kidding?" and that was the end of the conversation. I'm a really big fan.

In the morning, instead of saying to yourself, ‘I got to wake up’ say ‘I get to wake up!’