If a few people decide not to buy my album it's really not going to change my life that much.

​W​e're so used to having everything we want at our fingertips so I think that when things get tough it's ​difficult ​for people to persist through that.

London is a good fashion city. They're a little more daring. There's the element of the aristocracy, which is always interesting.

Anybody under the age of forty knows hip-hop, gospel and R&B pretty well, and it's all a part of what we consider to be 'black music.' There is a natural synergy between the three.

I would tell myself, "Love yourself and don't be afraid to take risks." I was often afraid to take risks, socially, because I was young and a little more shy and still figuring out who I wanted to be. Sometimes I look back and think, "I should have just been bolder and more confident."

My head’s under water but I’m breathing fine

Music, to me, if it's good, it's good. That's all that matters.