For being different, it’s easy. But to be unique, it’s a complicated thing.

Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.

We wanted to make something that sounded perfect because of the quality of the emotion...the honesty.

I think that artifice is the new reality. It's more about just being honest and sincere to the core of what you do. Whether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm always the same person inside.

Leather, high heels, and a bad attitude. Here I come.

Akon is a very talented songwriter to work with. His melodies, they're just insane. It's funny, I think about him a lot when I'm doing my melodies because he's so simple, and he's just been great. He keeps me on my feet, very grounded, but he also puts me on a silver platter, which is always very nice. So it's been an incredible influence. It's like every time you work with somebody that's better that you are, you become greater.

It's not really cool any more to have sex all the time. It's cooler to be strong and independent.