I never do any album to beat it. I do it to extend it.

I grew up watching MTV, when Journey was huge, when Pat Benatar had 'Love Is a Battlefield,' and my friends and I used to cut school to watch this woman in the video. We loved Pat Benatar.

Growing up, I was the preferred hairstylist for all of my friends.

It's challenging to find an identity as a young person if you don't have the sustenance of love, because you're being shipped around.

It's sad that a lot of identities are lost and a lot of careers are lost because there's sort of a clone thing going on.

One day I realized that I wasn't getting anywhere by blaming other people for my circumstances. I finally understood: Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.

I don't want no drama in my life, even though we have a little bit, but no more letting people control you. That's drama, because then you become something that you're not.