For me, visuals are as important as the music. I just love escapism and giving people something to escape to. To me, that's what art is.

I love purple because my name is Amethyst.

A lot of people heard 'Murda Business' and thought it was about killing people, trying to be tough and hardcore. If you actually listen to the lyrics, it's kind of silly and playful.

There's a difference between being yourself and being your stereotype.

I always say: 'Share your happiness with the world, give other people that happiness and let it come back,' but some things make me question it. I don't know if I want some people to know that I am happy. I think a lot of people want to take it away from you, and that's really scary.

T.I.'s my mentor; he's a really close friend of mine. I call him my brother like we talk on the phone all the time. He's helped me with my career.

Once you go great, you never go good..You never go back, even if you could.