You have to be intimate with a person to know that person.

I'm inspired by everything that goes on around me. I'm a sponge. I'm very analytical. I notice the things that most people don't notice.

I've always stood on my own two. I don't need a team. I don't do the entourage thing, 30 people. I don't do that. That's just not me.

I don't pay attention to sales because it's not about that for me. It's about the music. Music is all I have.

Let me hear the music. I'ma let the music instruct me on which way to go. Forwards, backwards, left, right. It's like boxing. I'm only as strong as my opponent.

If you associate yourself with peer pressure or complacency, you're destined for failure.

My grandmother was an English teacher for a while. And she stressed to me the importance of reading, being able to articulate well.