I was really sick and I walked outside of the bus and realised; oh no I’m not allowed to be sick. I’m not allowed to say; sorry no I can’t pose with you for a photo because I’m sick. I am a super human now, or I have to be one.
I like to go out there looking like a strong woman, because I am strong. But I am also a woman who goes through all kinds of problems and highs and lows.
I got this Jesus tattoo on my wrist when I was 18 because I know that it’s always going to be a part of me. When I’m playing, it’s staring right back at me, saying, ‘Remember where you came from.’
The media, is media. You always have to take the media with a grain of salt. You can’t believe everything you read.
If you’re presenting yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything.
I always tell my fans that are closest to me, if it’s not coming from my mouth, my website, or my appointed person, then it’s generally not true. Or it’s an exaggeration.
I think you can have it all, you just have to work really hard because great things don’t come easily.
I did a lot of thrift and vintage. I would mix those pieces into some of the more inexpensive items from Express, Gap, Old Navy, and Clothestime.
I really like to look like a history book. I can look 1940s, I can look 1970s hippie-chic, or sometimes I’ll pull that ’80s Brooklyn hip-hop kid with the door-knocker earrings.
I missed out on the Spice Girls. I missed out on all those big pop phenomenon and missed out even on the Madonna records. It’s okay, cuz I’m playing catch-up on everything now.
I think sometimes when children grow up, their parents grow up. Mine grew up with me. We coexist. I don’t try to change them anymore, and I don’t think they try to change me. We agree to disagree.
I can assure you, nothing in my performance will be deflated.
I have a soft spot for musicians. If a man could ride this roller coaster with me and come out alive, then I guess we’d deserve each other’s company.
I consider myself a believer in something much bigger than myself, thank God.
Find out what your gift is and nurture it.
So take a chance and don’t ever look back.
Sometimes if you want to achieve something great, there will be curveballs. You just have to dodge them every once in a while.
You know you’re living right when you wake up, brush your hair – and confetti falls out!
Comparisons are easily done, once you’ve had a taste of perfection.
I sacrifice in my love life and my social life, but those things will be there in three or four years. This is a really important time in my life. I can’t just be the girl who sang ‘I Kissed a Girl.’ I have to leave a legacy.