The first musical thing I remember someone recommending to me is probably Ludacris - the one where he has massive arms in the music video. 'Get Back.' It was recommended to me by my cousin, who's now my manager.
I don't wanna ever make jingles. I wanna do something that changes people's opinions and provokes thought and makes them think about how they should live their life and how they can better themselves and empower themselves.
I don't like being pigeonholed. Why would you want to limit yourself to one style or one genre? Labels are something I want to avoid. I've had it my whole life, being pushed into a place, a circumstance or situation I didn't want to be in. My motivation has always been to get away from it.
My music just stands for being true to who you are.
Community and families are what we're neglecting. This is what's holding us back as people, and instead, we want to look at everything else.
People feel like they have to hide their true colors to please the people around them.
I've never had big diamonds; I never had big cars.
Music's the biggest way of connecting people.
I just want to put the power back to the people.
As long as I'm happy, I don't care about accolades or anything else.
My mum raised me - love her to pieces.
I don't get all these pop stars who sit on the fence when they're asked for an opinion. People are scared of speaking out. They're too worried about the consequences - like they might lose a few fans if they give a serious opinion.
I think life's about the experiences, and variety is the spice of life.
I spend my life around people that are, like, bad people, if you want, and then deep down they're not. It's just the circumstances they've been given. A majority of people that are standoffish, it's because they lack the feeling that they're connecting to anything or that there's opportunity for them to get anything.
I love this country, but I feel like we're losing sight of who actually holds the power and what makes us great: it's the people, the communities, the small places that are forgotten, everyone that's striving.
A woman can't teach a man how to be a man. But she can teach you how to nurture, how to care, how to love, and how to give.
If I have a voice to shine light on things or draw attention or provoke, as an artist people look to - I should do that.
I like to have something that makes me want to write. Otherwise, I'm just writing for the sake of it. I feel like if I've got something to say, I'll say it the right way.
You need to be your own biggest fan before anyone else can be.
I appreciate film and stuff that's visually pleasing.
