When you realize it's your responsibility to be a leader and create the world that you want to see, you have to do it.

I will not be a slave to my image, nor will I be a slave to anyone else's interpretations of me.

Perfection is often the enemy of greatness.

I've cried over string arrangements.

I know what I like; if you go to my closet, I have at least four of everything.

I don't do a lot of collaborations that I don't believe in. Actually, I don't do any collaborations that I don't believe in.

I'm not a politician; I'm an artist. So I always feel the need to give the unfiltered truth, (or) what I think is the truth, at least.