My parents are my role models. I also love Halle Berry, Robert DeNiro, Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Tom Cruise and Jennifer Lopez. When I see their work, I get engulfed in it. They really capture me.

Forgive yourself and forgive others around you.

Don't put your all into someone if they treat you like dirt.

I think our society is all about judgment, which is so rude and disrespectful.

I'm an American; I'm not an African-American. I'm an American.

My perfect guy right now would be a mannequin - one that comes alive only when I need him to!

Singing is just another outlet to express what I feel and to show everyone who I really am. I really don't talk about my personal life that much in interviews because that's my life, but with music, the way I write explains who I am.