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

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.

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

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.

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

TLC has helped me to know that as a musician, I can talk about anything; that there are no barriers, and that you can be yourself. That's what I love about them. Left Eye in particular helped me to stay on top of my A game. She's one of the best female MCs that I've heard.

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.