Living in New York, you get a lot of confidence; when I go back to Michigan, I realise how obnoxious and demanding and straightforward I am.

True artistic expression lies in conveying emotion.

You are so much more than you are in this moment; you never know how great you can be. Don't give up on you, I didn't give up on me.

Guys pit female rappers against each other because female rappers - if you haven't noticed of late - are a lot more interesting than guys.

I can choose to be happy, or choose to be miserable every day - waiting until I die.

I don't know, I feel like as time has gone on, hip-hop has become really redundant and repetitive.

I was going to go to school to become a neurological surgeon.

Being honest with the public is how they respect you.

I think of religion as something that stains the person. It's a mindset you can never get free from, it's always in the back of your head.

Love is boundary-less.

There's a huge difference between who I am when I make music and who I am the rest of the time.

Science without religion is lame religion without science is blind.

I'm independent. I use my own money. For everything.

My parents have basically just taught me the rules of the stage and everything since I was eight.

It is the illusion of all lovers to think themselves unique and their words immortal.

Money spent in complying with a regulation cannot be spent again on marketing or product research.

I am a chatty person, but colossally discreet.

She had no images of this love. She could offer no anecdotes. It was a belief rather than a memory.

Aidan to Jude: What's wrong with running away if where you were didn't suit you? Doesn't it follow you're funning to something else? Something that does suit you?

What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.

How dare you imprint on my baby? Have you lost you mind?