I am never satisfied; I always want more. I always want to get better. I always want to climb another step.

People forget that after we get to our hotel rooms at night, we take a shower, we watch TV, eat room service and do normal things. Behind our image, we are still human beings.

It is one thing to record an album but it's a huge difference when people play it and listen to it and embrace it the way that I do. It has always been my dream to get my music out to the world and have people hear it.

Eff love. Come out of the situation and look at it third person.

I'm in a positive space, but I do have my days. Everybody has their days.

I have friends from rock stars to Rastas; I don't even know what an unexpected friend is.

She's Beyoncé, and I'm [Jay-Z's] new protégée. When we see each other we say hi. We're not enemies, but we're not friends friends.