When you don't have those types of things, fashion and all that stuff, it helps you find yourself because you don't have those things to rely on.
Family is always first.
I'm a musician. I play instruments. I dabble in the hip-hop field. That doesn't take vocal ability necessarily.
Just speak yourself into existence. Whatever you want, speak it. You can see it.
Clearly, everybody knows I can rap; I can freestyle all day.
A lot of the girls my age were impressed by silly stuff like money and fame. I wanted to be able to have intellectual and spiritual conversations with someone who was on the same page as me.