I didn't have a strong male figure in my life on a day-to-day basis. So I think that whole [marriage] situation, a lot of it stems from a place where I was out there alone as a really and I always felt like the rug could be pulled out from under me.

I want to collaborate with me 'cause I've done so many collaborations that after a certain point unless you're really working with a certain caliber of an artist, there's no point [to collaborate].

Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that but not with all those flies and death and stuff.

If you believe within your soul, just hold on tight and don't let go! You can make it, make it happen

If you look inside yourself, and you believe, you can be your own hero.

The international music scene has grown so much, and America is sort of following that.

I hope to be around past the 90's. I don't want to just be categorized as one of this era. My goal is to have a career that stands.