I'm born to do music. I'm born to act. I'm born to dance and all of these things, and I will be respected.

When I was 17 years old, I put out an album while my mother was dying of cancer. That right there alone is a struggle. That's hard. That's tough for anybody.

MC Lyte definitely embraces me. Jada Pinkett Smith embraces me. Those are two people that I can call and get advice. Those are two people that will call me to see what I'm doing.

I like the OMG Girlz. They're real and they're friends.

I'm a bombshell, so I'm going to do me. If I want to go platinum, I'm going platinum.

In my day, in my era, Ralph McDaniels, just being five and being at his block party, you could just got onstage.

Basically my personality, and my talent, and my lyrics are so outstanding that what listeners can tell is that I put so much hard work into what I'm doing because it comes through my music. So I feel that my music for one will get my point across. I write from my heart and my spirit... You know what I'm sayin'? Some people don't know their place, they're just like "Oh I rap because I'm tryin' to get this or that, and I'm doin' this because I want to get money.