Let your work speak for you.Stay humble.And just DO the work.

When you don't know how beautiful you are, you will always be in search of happiness.

Just be open, life is about a constant journey and I'm very spiritual, but I'm also in touch with what's going on around me and who I am, and you have to know yourself. So for me, that's what keeps me going is just being interactive.

Know the business you're in for whatever you do, know it and understand how it works so you can be successful.

I'm just happy that I'm able to take care of what I need to take care of, live, and do the thing that I love the most and that is to sing. People want to hear it, buy it, see it, hold it, record it, bootleg it. It's fine with me as long as it's good but when it's bad I'm in trouble!

I love energy and people; gosh I love people even when they got on my nerves.

So in every sense, from an independent artist to a major label artist, you just have to have great product, great faith and great people, they all go together.