The sexiest woman musician is Alicia Keys.

Some of us get a feeling when we hear music and we feel music, and you want to figure out how to continue to feel that.

Lyrically, I could be so much sharper. Melodically, I could be so much stickier. Musically, I could have so much more texture. So I'm constantly doing that, trying to find new ways to mix things up.

All kings and queens are not born of royal bloodlines. Some become royal because of what they do once they realize who they are

The new Black doesn't blame other races for our issues.

We're going to start seeing that it's actually less about race and more about class in the future. As much as we complain about the establishment discriminating against black people, we're going to start seeing that more of us are already in the establishment.

As a kid, I always had a super vivid imagination, like "Man, I like those shoes, but they should've made them in purple" or like, "Man, I wonder how people make songs."