You look at someone like Beyoncé singing Single Ladies, when we all know she's married. Some of it is just for entertainment.

I love hearing my song on the radio the first time, but when it comes on again, I change the station. I already have so much of the spotlight on me. I don't need any more.

Throw your stick and stones, throw your bombs and your blows, but you're not gonna break my soul.

You change your mind Like a girl changes clothes

I wasn't going to great schools, because my parents didn't believe in public education. They wanted the education to be influenced by their religion, so I was going to these halfway education-slash-Christian schools that were like pop-up shop-style education.

If you can believe in something great, then you can achieve something great.

I'm not ashamed, or embarrassed. I'm happy that I grew up listening to gospel music and came from where I came from. I feel like I have a history and a story. That's what I am and that's what I'll always be from. I was never running away from it.