“Push it to the limit, push it through the pain.”

I was 14, and I fell in love with Pink Floyd.

It’s almost schizophrenic who I portray in my music.

I’m always getting high cuz my confidence low.

Look at all that money. The money is the motive.

When I was born, that was the music my mother was listening to. Michael Jackson is a third parent to me.

I feel like the way I was raised was to be able to see through all the titles in this world – from religion to race.

Don’t show the world how alone you’ve become.

Nothing compares to the emptiness we both share.

Environment is very important to me. Sometimes I have to perform during the day for festivals, and my music does not work in the daytime. It is nighttime music.

For a dreamer, nights the only time of day.

When I write, I write about my surroundings. Sometimes it’s light, and sometimes it gets very dark.

I usually dont like to spoon feed my audience, because I grew up idolizing story tellers who tell stories using symbolism, so it was in my nature to do the same.

We’ll find our love in the sky.

House of Balloons’ was special because I had no deadlines, and nobody knew me, so there were no expectations.

I’m the most boring person to talk to.

Thanks to my fans that have been with me from the beginning, I was able to sell out arenas on my own.

I’ve always wanted to push myself and move with the tide. That’s just how I am and it’s worked for me.

Black women are the strongest most hardworking people on earth.

You’ve got to have a villain and they’ll always make me a villain. I’m used to it – it makes me work harder and it makes me fight harder.

You train hard and I’ll train hard, and may the best man win, and good luck to both of us.

I do love the films I’ve done in the past. I work hard in my movies and my friends work hard and we’re trying to make people laugh and I’m very proud of that.

I will keep on hurdling and keep on hustling.

My hustle is nonstop. I never stop hustling.

A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.