How terrible would it have been if I had come out with some watered-down version of who I am? People fell in love with the real me, and I still feel blessed that that was how the journey began.
I’ve always been very private, maybe because I discovered my mother, who is a wonderful lady, is very emotional.
It’s karma, baby. And it goes around.
We have the potential to help people out of poverty, out of disease, out of slavery and out of conflict. Too often, we turn the other way because we think there’s nothing we can do.
People don’t expect me to be as funny as I am.
I just wanted to be who I was, which was like so many other girls I knew. We grew up in the city, had a hard edge and obstacles to overcome, but we were still young and beautiful. I didn’t want to be all dressed up, all made up – I wanted to be myself, which hadn’t been done before.
I feel like the majority of the fear that I had or that we have we hold from other people. They’re like people that we trust; they’re their fears. All of a sudden we think that they’re our fears.
If I didn’t love it, I would not record it.
You are what you listen to.
Love will come find you, just to remind you of who you are.
There was no other path for me. I knew this was my path. I had to follow it.
I’m a very caring person.
Why give up before we try?
I think you are who you are, and your kids will see who you are. So you’d better be a good person, because they are going to see it, and that’s going to shape them. They are going to become you.
I have big everything on the bottom, but I love my legs. You’ve got to love what’s yours.
Gangsta rap was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. Gangsta rap didnt exist.
All of us are different. That’s what makes us interesting and special. I don’t want to be anything like another person. I want to be totally myself and go against the grain, forge my own path. I’ve learned that being different is what makes you stand out. It makes everything so much more intriguing.
I don’t worry because everything’s gonna be alright.
If you treat me fairly, I’ll give you all my goods.
My mom always said, ‘Don’t date a guy who thinks he’s prettier than you.’