American Quotes

I think the whole reason for my life is in there somewhere.

I remember seeing the movie 'To Sir With Love' when I was a little girl.

I mean, I'm not unhappy, but there's still so much I want to do.

I love to sing. It's the easiest thing for me to do.

I like to work spontaneously.

Getting a degree, being on Sesame Street... those were like real accomplishments to me.

Everyone in my family sang, and we would always sing these songs.

But really, we also need to learn how to love one another as women. How to appreciate and respect each other.

Being a singer is a way for me to get to a platform to do more.

I want to be an icon.

I think wherever you go, when people hear good music, they will react to it.

I think hip-hop is really fun right now... and that's why people are using dance beats and singing more.

I started writing songs when I was eight.

I sleep on my stomach with my head under a bunch of pillows so if someone wants to come in and try to kill me they can't tell if I'm there or not, so they'll just leave.

I see myself as like the lead singer of a band or something.

I never write from concept. The beat is the beginning, and then I fill in the rest of the song into what it should be.

I never want to confuse people or go over their heads.

I never got nervous performing my own material.

I made my first mix tape when I was 14.

I love tattoos.

I love my wife. We FaceTime and we talk on the phone and she travels to come see me when she can. But she works as well. But we see each other a lot more than people would think, though, because we make it happen and we love each other so much.

I like a lot of old-school R&B, soul, and classic rock.

I have an idea of who I want to be, I have a vision of my own success.

I have a huge span of fans, some who know all my radio songs and are familiar with my popular stuff and then some who have their own personal favorites. When I do my show, I try to take into consideration all those people.

I groom, but it doesn't take me a long time to get to what people see.

I don't take time off.

I don't have problems with people, because if I do, I address it.

I don't consider myself an A-list celebrity or a big dog, but every time I meet somebody, even rappers who've been in the game for years... they're like, 'Man, I'm trying to get on your level.'

I critique myself way harder than anybody else could critique me.

I always envisioned myself being a rapper and being in the game and having success, but you never know what it feels like or how you're going to be when you're there.