I did Showtime at the Apollo when I was 10, and it was the first time that Id ever performed on TV, and it felt great.

I feel like R&B is really based off of emotion and truth. R&B is a conversation.

I wanna be able to stand on the stage and hold out the mic and people sing all the lyrics to my song.

I just want to give people the best album that I possibly can.

I would love to do a record with Usher.

Conversation without you trying to be sexy can still come off as very sexy. Trust me!

Growing up, I always wanted to be a singer, and Ive done that.

Honestly, I think dating is hard. Period.

It’s whatever the majority deems it to be. It’s not necessarily the best or the most logical, but it’s the one that has become adapted to the desires of society as a whole.

Do not justify art, once you do, it limits the feelings it is apt to inflict. Art with Boundaries shadows all its principles.

A relationship is work, and it changes. And you go with the changes. It's more good times than bad times, but it's not always good. You have to overcome those issues and move on.

The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death.

I am not a great cook, I am not a great artist, but I love art, and I love food, so I am the perfect traveller.

People won't start dumping Google en masse; Google is a habit.

Pictures rule, but words define, explain, express, direct, and hold together our thoughts and what we know.

A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated - this is the greatest blessing.

To seek truth and to utter what one believes to be true can never be a crime. No one must be forced to accept a conviction. Conviction is free.

You can achieve anything in politics provided that you let someone else take the credit.