This is not to say, there never comes a day I'll take my chances and start again. And when I look behind on all my younger times, I'll have to thank the wrongs that led me to a love so strong.

So scared of getting older I'm only good at being young So I play the numbers game to find a way to say that life has just begun.

You should have a picture of yourself as a kid in your home so that you remember where you came from.

There's a real self-serving element to hip-hop that threatens its life span.

Don't be scared to walk alone. Don't be scared to like it.

Sometimes you tell someone to never call you again; and then the phone rings and you hope it's them - it's the most twisted logic of all time.

I mean there are so many different colors of life, of feeling, of articulation... so when I meet someone who's an 8-color type... I'm like, 'Hey girl, magenta!' and she's like, 'Oh, you mean purple!' and she goes off on her purple thing, and I'm like, 'No - I want magenta!'