You didn't understand or care to know, you get your education from your lovers.

Whenever I do my live shows, I feel artistically inspired and excited because I get to do and say a lot of things that I can't if I just make a record. A lot of times it's the only way people are going to hear my music because you don't get to have your music played on Top 40 if you're above the age of 35.

What else is there for me to conquer? Hopefully my ego.

We go hard or we go home we gon' do this all night long! #werk

My daughter's birth was like a rebirth for me.

New York wasn't everything I thought it would be. It did not welcome me with open arms. The first year, I was held up at gunpoint. Raped on the roof of a building I was dragged up to with a knife in my back, and had my apartment broken into three times. I don't know why; I had nothing of value after they took my radio the first time.

I've created a very unconventional family. I have lovers who are three decades younger than me. This makes people very uncomfortable.