Even in my music, I am always searching for big, universal things - ways that you can sort of reach outside the norm of what you are doing.

What's not fair is having the responsibility of a supervisor but not the title or the pay.

I want to see more women behind the scenes.

I prefer doing interviews where people don't have to interpret what you say. I'm going to be real honest.

Where I'm from, you learned about God before you learned to read and write. Our faith is what grounds us.

Weight issues, race issues will always be there and if you allow them to get to you and you allow them to affect you then yes they affect you. But my thing is I have so many other things to worry about I can't worry about other people's perception of me.

You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that whatever your art is that you're putting out there, if it's received, great, I respect you for receiving it. If it's not received, great, I respect you for not.