I think as long as you're being creative and finding your own work interesting, that's all that matters.

Dubstep has been big in the UK for years. I'm fine with hearing a dubstep drop in any song.

Someone asked me the other day what my favourite record shop was, and I said YouTube.

I don't think I represent all things dubstep. I just like clubbing, so those are the sounds I've chosen to work with.

I'm a big fan of Beyonce and Rihanna. I've listened to Beyonce all my life, and she's a big influence on me.

I'm excited about representing my gender, but at the same time it doesn't matter. I wouldn't say my gender has been a disadvantage.

The first time I went out under the spotlight, I was proper freaked out.

I guess I've been making records since I was 16, and even when 50 people bought them, I thought that was amazing.

I've always known my own mind, and I'm not shy about speaking it.

Studying music, everyone sort of has their own style - it's not like everyone's going for the same part.

My dad was a soul fan and a singer himself, and he loved vocal harmony, stuff like the Beach Boys and Motown like the Four Tops, which was a big influence on me.

The system is the best that the present views and circumstances of the country will permit.

In spite of some bad experiences, I'm a firm believer in the trial and error method of learning.

If you haven't heard a good rumour by 11:00am, start one.

I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves

Hopefully America will forgive me.

I said Yo Jay, I can rap. And I spit this rap that said I'm killin' ya'll *****s on this lyrical sh*t, mayonnaise colored benz, I push miracle whips.

If you want to be an athlete, there's no way around it: You have to go to the gym. You can't Google your way to it.

I think I can live without you, but it won't be any kind of life.

How you end something as profound and important as a marriage is a reflection of how you live your life--financially, emotionally, and spiritually.

In the end the problem isn't that you have the wrong sort of government for the People, but that you have the wrong sort of People.