Before the storm comes the calm. Hope you can take the heat like LeBron

When I grew up I saw females doing certain things, and I thought I had to do that exactly. The female rappers of my day spoke about sex a lot . . . and I thought that to have the success they got, I would have to represent the same thing. When in fact I didn’t have to represent the same thing.

Yes I’m a beast and I feast when I conquer!

I'm such a maniac. Where wayne at, I'm tryna get sum brainiac.

We all love to see women on top, and as the record shows, this next powerful woman is always on top. She does it all by living for love.

I grew up in the south of Italy, next to the sea, which was a great place to grow up. The type of life we lived there was very relaxing. Just very fun, open-minded people. It was all very sociable and low-key.

I say nice things about Mariah Carey all the time. I tell Mariah all the time how much of a fan I am of her. She's one of my favorite artists of all time... She's shaped a generation of singers.