Don't be afraid to be yourself just because you're not like everybody else in class. If you want to dye your hair green and that's what makes you happy, then dye your hair green, no matter what other people might say about it. Not everybody is going to like you - that's the world we live in; that's reality.

I rarely know exactly what I want to do, but always know exactly how I want it to make me feel. Feeling always leads the sound!

So much has happened in the past five years, I can't speak for the next five. What I want is to continue to grow. Because I am never satisfied; I always want more. I always want to get better. I always want to climb another step.

I found the one, he changed my life, but was it me that changed?

I am a child but I have to think and act like a woman, this business forces you to.

The way I dress depends on how I feel. I never have to psych myself up. Usually it just feels like it works.

It started off really…claustrophobic. I feel like I was really really protected. Really guarded with myself. I feel like they [Def Jam] were giving me the blueprint and I couldn’t get with that