I don't want to be a big star. I just want to get my message across.

I have stopped waiting on our leaders. We have been forced to fear the system. But unless we change our ways and the way we see each other, we won't move forward.

I hope that what I am today is of positive benefit to other people.

My heart's desire is to be recognised in Nigeria.

I am 100% there when I'm doing what I'm doing when I'm onstage and recording. I don't ever want to look back at any moment and say to myself that I felt uncomfortable with who I am.

I have my own way to stay focused. I work out every day. I exercise. I swim. I meditate. I breathe.

In Nigeria, if you say you're a singer, people say, 'So what? Everyone sings.' In Germany, my voice stood out more.

The cultural differences between Germany and Nigeria were extreme. The way they dress, the way they carry themselves, their religion. For two years I was overwhelmed.

I mean that if you are not absolutely sure of a thing, it is so difficult to commit yourself to a definite course of action.

I have had the opportunity to become acquainted with many wonderful people from many walks of life. I have known rich and poor, famous and modest, wise and otherwise.

My momma used to kick in the door like SWAT!

A sign to me is a one-liner, a symbol is very complex and my house is a series of symbols.

in the family I grew up in, being called boring was like being called an ax murderer.

One of a person's greatest emotional needs is to feel appreciated. Start by appreciating yourself.

Learn to take rejection, keep fit and work only with the best in your field.

Bones smiled. “Oh, grand. Going to make me beat the truth out of you? My favorite way to work.

Where else would she feel more comfortable than in this subterranean realm where people wrote down what they couldn't say, where they gave voice to their most shameful longings and knowledge?

I would be very, very uncomfortable at teaching, at dreaming to teach, people things.