When I was 12, I wrote a list of things to do before I died. Own a Picasso was one of those things.

Everybody's looking for love, and you want to love somebody and be loved in return.

A lot of the girls I grew up with were pregnant by the time they were 16. I just was lucky.

When you get a jean for a larger girl, you have to have them tailored for you. Tailoring is indeed everything.

I don't want to force anything on anyone. I'm not trying to bust you over the head and make you buy this record or this song or whatever. I'm presenting it to you so you can take it in. You know, it's like trying to force a kid to eat broccoli. If I present it as trees that make your muscles grow, my son is like, 'I'm down with getting muscles.'

I always wanted to be a renaissance woman, do as many things as I possibly can and hopefully do them well or don't do them at all.

I would say for every successful black woman in America or in the world, really, it's difficult to be the head of the household, financially. It is for the man in your life. It can be very hard for them. And there's a delicate balance. I'm not quite sure I know what that balance is just yet.