I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me.

Everyone can access the parts of themselves that are great. I'm just a girl from New York City who decided to do this, after all. Rule the world! What's life worth living if you don't rule it?

When I was younger, I felt pressure to become someone else once I became successful. But it's the intention of the work that's changed. I have fans now. I have a new purpose: to remind them that I am one of them, that we are one another. My consciousness has changed.

Once you kill a cow, you gotta make a burger

Well my music was different in high school; I was singing about love—you know, things I don't care about anymore.

I don't like celebrities; I don't hang out with them; I don't relate to that life.

If you're a strong female, you don't need permission.