I'm the worst thing since Elvis Presley to do black music so selfishly and use it to get myself wealthy.

When I write songs, I often cry.

"You gotta have fun. Regardless of what you do in life, you gotta have fun doing it."

I truly believe that women should be financially independent from their men. And let’s face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define value. They define what’s sexy. And men define what’s feminine. It’s ridiculous.