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" Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original music. "

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" I felt like, 'How do I fit in?' But then I never fit in. The whole time, I've never fit in. "

" I want to be cutting-edge. "

" Me personally, I don't ask too much, but I do ask Him to continue to bless me successfully, financially, and just to keep me humble. "

" I still don't want no broke dude! I'm open to offers, but he's got to be stable. I see a lot of friends who feel they have to be with a man, but they always pick the wrong one. Are there any right ones? "

" I think Aaliyah has influenced artists like a Ciara. "

" I've only ever had two vacations in my whole career, and I've been in the industry over twenty-something years! "

" A lot of times, I walk down the street and listen to people argue, and then I write a song about it. "

" When I'm in the studio, I like to be in there by myself because if I'm in the mike room, and I look out and see people talking, or they're not nodding their head or rocking to the music, it makes me feel like it don't sound good, or I'll be scared to really open up vocally because I might mess up, and they might be in there laughing. "

" I got to feel like what I'm giving the fans is 100 percent and that it's game-changing. "

" Music is a male-dominated field. "

" When I first started in the business, I spent so much! Staying in a Trump Hotel for two years, spending eight Gs a month just living. "

" I didn't want to be a genius! That ain't cool. "

" If anybody calls me a female Quincy Jones, that's way, way complimentary. That's something I'll cherish for life. "

" I got more shy as I got older and realized people could be laughing at me or judging me. "

" I've learnt to be happy by myself. "

" The person I eventually find will have to like me and my style. "

" My mother helped me to be who I am: to have strength and not to let people run all over me and yet to be humble; to realise that all of this that I have today could be gone. "

" Music should be your escape. "

" I don't just throw out microwave records. "

" My imagination is so far out there already. People couldn't imagine what goes on in my brain. "

" I never record in front of anybody. "

" My blood pressure was always up from just overworking. "

" I'd stand on the side of the road when I was just a little girl singing on trash cans. People would roll down their windows saying, 'Isn't she cute'. I had a vivid imagination. I always pretended it was some big stage. "

" No, because I don't want to hear what's hot and feel I have to copy it. I'll just make up my own thing. "

" My father was very abusive, and it was hard for my mother at first to leave because we had depended on him for so long. Sometimes you kind of get adjusted to getting that beating. "

" You don't make any money being an artist. Writing and producing? You get your money from that. You live comfortable. "

" Maybe I should find myself one of those sexy British soccer stars. David Beckham is hot. But I've got a hell of a lot of competition. "

" I mean, when it's time to rhyme rhyme, I can get down for mine. "

" I used to put all my doll babies on my bed with their hands up and I would do full shows for them. I'd even do the screaming and clapping. I was bugging to be a singer. "