I like collaborating, but I felt I should do my first single by myself so people don't think I'm leaning on other artists to be a success.

Everybody is doing the same old thing.

Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original music.

If I didn't have some kind of education, then I wouldn't be able to count my money.

Music is a male-dominated field. Women are not always taken as seriously as we should be, so sometimes we have to put our foot down.

Every day is not a beautiful day for anybody, but I try to treat all my fans nice and all the interviewers nice.

I'm not a prostitute but I can give you what you want

I love my mother. She's my first love. She has been through a lot and is a sole survivor.

Boy lift it up, lets make a toasta Lets get drunk, its gon bring us closa Don't I look like a HalleBerry posta?

I mean, when it's time to rhyme rhyme, I can get down for mine.

I'm close to my mother, and I could sit talking on the phone with her all day.

To hate others is ugly.To hate yourself is uglier.

.. she believed a great happiness awaited her somewhere, and for this reason she remained calm as the days flew by.

I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.

African-American communities have suffered under Democratic control. To those, I say the following: What do you have to lose by trying something new like Trump? What do you have to lose?

Everyone is growing and developing. Everyone has to go through a trial and eror process of finding what is right.

In Europe and Britain they seem to be much more accepting and embracing of older bands, whereas in America if you've been out for three years, you're old, and I think that attitude stinks.

Broaden your vision, and maintain stability while advancing forward. That is my philosophy.

No intelligent man will ever be so bold as to put into language those things which his reason has contemplated.

If a D.C. event doesn't have crab cakes, it's low-rent and you need to flee.

It doesn't help anybody to put out a bad script.