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" I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am. "

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" I've learned that while I'd be a fool not to stay open to the advice and experiences of the smart, amazing people in my life, I also need to listen to what I have to say. "

" I have my mother who is an Irish-Italian, and my father who is African, so I have the taste buds of an Italian and the spice of an African. "

" Maturity and experience are part of my liberation. "

" I really like to live my life in a low-key fashion. "

" I love my heritage! I have my mother, who is an Irish-Italian, and my father who is African, so I have the taste buds of an Italian and the spice of an African. "

" I see what happens when one gets very attached to material things. That's just not what my life is. "

Material Things

" I'd rather not have anything than be a liar. "

" I've always valued the input of the people I love. So in the past, whenever I'd make a decision - what to wear to an event, whether to pursue a job opportunity - I'd consult those closest to me, like my mother, husband, or manager. "

" You've got to love what's yours. "

" 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. "

" What breaks my heart is suffering of any kind. Too often, our world is divisive and cruel where it needs to be uniting and loving. "

" I'm not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I'm thick. I like my body. "

" Simplicity makes me happy. "

" I feel more like I'm a person who has so much to offer in different capacities that it would be a danger for me not to give myself a chance to spread my wings in all different directions. "

" When I was a kid, I'd practise Chopin on piano - and I love Chopin! He's my dawg! Then I'd go out on the stoop and blast the radio. I'm from New York, the concrete jungle. Hip-hop influenced me from day one. "

" There's too much darkness in the world. Everywhere you turn, someone is tryin' to tear someone down in some way; everywhere you go, there's a feeling of inadequacy, or a feeling that you're not good enough. I want to bring a certain light to the world. "

" I'm a very positive person, but this whole concept of having to always be nice, always smiling, always happy, that's not real. It was like I was wearing a mask. I was becoming this perfectly chiselled sculpture, and that was bad. That took a long time to understand. "

" I believe in the limitlessness of humans. We're capable of incredible things. At times, that realization is frightening. "

" If I want to be alone, some place I can write, I can read, I can pray, I can cry, I can do whatever I want - I go to the bathroom. "

" My mom is definitely my rock. "

" We're all going to change. Otherwise, it's boring. "

" Things can be really empty in this world, and I don't just mean the music world. It can become a very meaningless place if you don't really understand: 'who am I? Why am I here? What am I doing?' To feel fulfilment and have a deeper level of understanding, personally, that is the most important thing. "

" Failure isn't an option. I've erased the word 'fear' from my vocabulary, and I think when you erase fear, you can't fail. "