When I say I loved it, I don't mean I loved being hit. I just mean...there was some good in there, too. I am not going to call it all bad.

I can't think of any time we had a discussion [with Dre] about the aftermath of what happened the night before. We just had too much going on.

No one country can confront them alone…the only way forward is together.

My most important title is still “mom-in-chief.

I'm not all dolled up. We tried to keep it as real as we could. We're telling you something that happened. It's a part of history. I hope this movie [ 'Surviving Compton'] gives you a little bit of me and of my music and my heart.

It’s easier to hold onto your own stereotypes and misconceptions, it makes you feel justified in your own ignorance. That’s America. So the challenge for us is, are we ready for change?

I had to survive a lot. I didn't premeditate my life. Life just happened as it did. And I had to figure it out as I went along.