God comes first - if I don't love him, I can't love anybody, and if I can't love me I can't love nobody.

If we didn't have understanding of our journey, we wouldn't be able to go on. We'd be stuck, like, 'Why me?'

The only person that I'm really feeling - because she has an identity of her own, even though she has listened to Mary J. Blige - is Jill Scott.

The streets respect me because I kept it real with me. You gotta be real with yourself, and the streets recognize game.

I'm a singer who thinks like a rapper.

When you're going to do whatever you're going to do, you have to get your, put your mind into it.

'My Life' is not an autobiography. It's just music.