“You can tell an honest artist from one who’s just given all their songs.”

All I can do is take influences from where I was raised.

The best thing Jay-Z ever taught me was patience.

Beyoncé built her f–king foundation from the bottom. I think that’s the exact career every female artist wants to have.

For me, music comes naturally. I always just get in the studio and I feel like, wow, this is my heaven.

I’m often mistaken for Spanish or Latin descent.

I think I’ve always been fine on stage – though I get nervous beforehand. But once I’m on stage, all of that goes out of the window.

The public’s not stupid.

Every person has a signature. Just some people don’t know it yet.

The worst thing is when a guy just looks awkward. It’s not attractive.

I love sharing my life with my followers. Hopefully, they are following me because they genuinely want to know me. It’s a way to connect with fans that wasn’t available just a few years ago.

True beauty is knowing who you are and believing in yourself. Happy people know their purpose, have courage to fight for it and strength to keep going.

I’m not going to have a baby until I’m around 30 something.

Clothes are fun. The designers have so much fun making them, you should have fun wearing them, too.

I am committed to glamour.

Stand naked in front of the mirror and say, ‘I’m f–king sexy.’ That’s where it starts.

It’s nice to always make an effort when you get photographed.

I am not a businessman, I am an artist.

There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich and powerful, and the freedom of the artist and the monk who renounces possessions.

I really like hip-hop and rap; that’s my main influence. I really wanna be more of a hip-hop artist.

I want to get to the point where people say of my work, that man feels deeply.

The artist’s role isn’t to tell people how to feel, but reflect.

In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent. This is precisely the time when artists go to work.

The artist in me cries out for design.

I am an artist, not a politician.