Maybe I bring people into that pop world who don't usually find themselves there because there's not enough stuff for them to get excited about otherwise.

People say, "I can't take you seriously because you're so young." But I think when you're young, what you feel is more pure.

I don't think of myself as just a pop artist, but someone who knows she has a bigger meaning. I'm not doing this for myself; I'm doing this because it's my destiny.

Maybe I bring people into that pop world who don't usually find themselves there because there's not enough stuff for them to get excited about otherwise.

I try to be genuine. I try to be real. It's such a subjective thing, but I try to convey an emotion.

Having access to mobile phones and being able to document your own life brings people together.

Prince is king to me. As this half-naked, short black guy who looked like a girl in the 70s and 80s, he was talking about women in a way that was very unusual because he didn't objectify them.