Success is measured by personal happiness.
Breaking up is a natural evolution when you try to figure out what you want in life.
The unique essence of being an artist is dying. Eveything looks the same. Now thereโs a formula. And it works. - But it takes away from the reason we do it.
You know, I like to release music the way I feel it, as opposed to having a date.
I learned how music works dealing with Jermaine Dupri, and I learned how image works dealing with Puff Daddy.
I'm a sponge, the more I absorb, the more I am able to articulate my vision, as artists do, like Picasso. I'm an artist in that light. I went from being an artist to an artiste.