Of course we live in a world where we have to make money to eat so that's always nice to be able to sing and make money but to do something I love and to be able to eat from...it's great.

I'm probably my biggest critic. There's nothing anyone can ask of me that I haven't already asked of myself.

Shame on you for staying the same.

Go with the wind, you know, like a sailboat. I think that's really important when it comes to peace… inner peace especially. You can't help anyone else if you don't have it together for yourself.

As I got older, I really got into Tupac's poetry, his books and just learning about his life and what he was into.

I’m cool with nothing cause even nothing is something

I never saw a ­distinction between a man and a woman. My ­grandparents and my mother were great examples of men and women, and they taught me ­equality. So I would fight with boys and wear my cousin's clothes. I would do whatever I wanted, and that's where I still stand today.