The women in my family are just strong women who do their own thing, so I knew I needed to have individuals like that.

I love writing to my little sister. It's a very nice, easy kind of way I always find inspiration.

I grew up always wanting to be a dancer and when I went to New York, I fell in love with the idea of performing in all ways.

As I got older, I started to do it more and more, and I wanted to learn all of the different types. I grew up doing modern, so I wanted to learn ballet, tap, jazz, and African - just everything.

I was curious because I hadn't really known anyone to do just that, so I would stop in on his sessions with his rapper friends, and then one day, I told Astro Raw "I'm looking to sing. He told me to try it out and then we made 'Treat Me Like Fire' and everything started."

I remember just looking at this lioness, she was staring at me, and we just had this weird connection.

I quit piano and violin because it felt too rigid. It was just my thing, something I fell in love with from a very early age.