“I have always liked the contrast between being blonde and having dark features.”

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 really have paid my dues! When I get to stay in fancy hotel suites these days I remind myself of that.

I have had young fascinations but never love.

I don’t think I could do a reality show, no.

Know yourself; keep your circle tight. Keep your friends and your work circle tight.

Everyone thinks their mom is a superhero, and l feel like I want to be just like my mom. A superhero. She’s a very strong lady.

Roc Nation is such an incredible, unique team, especially in the music industry. Everyone genuinely loves and cares about each other.

I don’t know what it feels like not to have a great family support system – I was lucky to have that.

When I record music I like to be in one place and kind of have a base to keep going back to.

I’ve always tried to be independent. It’s just my personality. I’ve always been the type to motivate the camp. I’ve always wanted to be the fuel for something—for music, the fuel for my family, the fuel for my best friend. Helping someone with what I’m doing.

I’d love to go on a safari – I’ve never been on a safari.

When it comes down to the music, it’s just you and the microphone. It’s not you and the record execs.

Look closer and you’ll see something extraordinary, mystifying, something real and true. We have never been what we seemed.

All power appears only in transition. Permanent power is stuff.

Animals don’t even try to look any different from what nature intended. They humbly wear their shells, scales, spines, plumes, pelts, and down. The conscious impulse to change one’s appearance is found only among humans.

Women can be vivacious. We are allowed more varieties of facial expression and gestures. Men must be rocklike.

Virtue, though clothed in a beggar’s garb, commands respect.

You don’t have to be naked to be sexy.

You can’t make people be or do what you want. All you can do is be unapologetic about what you want and let others show up however they can.

You look tired. Yeah, I agreed, and shrugged. Near-death experiences do that to me.