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

There are millions and billions of atoms of memory of all kinds of musical themes in me.

I think people who vibrate at the same frequency, vibrate toward each other. They call it - in science - sympathetic vibrations.

Hip-hop is the people. What the people are moving toward is what hip-hop is. I think people are moving toward a freer way of thinking. Openness.

My second mother is my maternal grandmother. Her name is Thelma. She also gave me a very powerful medicine; she made sure that I knew my role as a young lady and as someone with moral structures and principles. She taught me that if I was going to be involved with anything, whether it be spirituality, music, or some skill, that I have to practice.

I thought it was cool how [ Riccardo Tisci] wanted to blend Africa and Asia because they relate to each other in so many different ways.

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