Everything is about balance. You can't work, work, work, work without any play.

I think if people genuinely want to help ... that'll shine through, no matter what color or what race. We cannot see race before compassion.

Lauryn Hill, P-Funk, Marvin Gaye, Public Enemy - I have a very diverse palate for music. I can go from Judy Garland to Jimi Hendrix to Stevie Wonder to Rachmaninoff. I just love great music.

It's hard for me to be serious. I can't really rub oil on me and go all the way with it [laughs]. I hear some screams and I laugh to myself. I always get a kick out of it. I'm three feet tall, basically.

I enjoy how women dressed in the 1920s with the shimmering jewels and rich feathers.

One of my core values is to help redefine what it means to be a strong and beautiful woman in the music and fashion worlds and to empower the wonderful things that make us unique.

I don’t even know at what age I started, because it’s always been there. Performing … creating … it’s in my DNA.