We are all just a work in progress.

I used to think I was ugly. I thought I looked like a camel. A person who doesn't love themselves, they will see anything that pops up on their face. I've seen squirrels, I've seen a bird, and I've seen all kinds of animals on my face. But that is the result of self-hate. I've learned to say: 'You know what? I am a beautiful black woman'.

Love is wonderful, amazing, and the best thing that can happen to us.

It's not just songs and glamour. It's sweat, blood, broken toes, and mistakes... It's life.

By the time I was a teenager, when I went outside the house, it was about hip-hop all the time. Nothing but hip-hop, block parties.

The music business is really, really small. The real music is becoming almost extinct, if you don't stay true to who you are.

I wish I had an extra day with my mom sometimes. Or another hour in the day with my family, husband and children.