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" I got in the audition line called 'Making the Band' because I wanted to be in a band. If I didn't, I would have done 'American Idol.' "

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" I don't wish homelessness on anyone, especially when you come from where your parents work hard. "

" It doesn't bother me when I'm labeled, but it's so... limiting. It's so boxy. "

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" I had no idea that what I thought was my low wasn't really my low. That's what a lot of people think - then life reminds them, 'No, there's lower.' "

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" When I was 4, I had a schedule. I was playing softball. My brother was playing football. My parents were teachers, and they'd owned businesses. We like to work hard. Work and then books. Books and then work. We just knew that we had to excel. It sounds militant, but trust me, it was fun. "

" Fashion is my lover on the side, but I am married to music. "

" Anything that creates fear, I want to conquer it. "

" I write for myself. It's therapy. "

" Just as much as you need the people who love you, you need the people who doubt you - to prove them wrong. "

" The black geeks of the world, we feel like we don't have a home. "

" I love what a women embodies. I love our bodies; I love the way we communicate with our bodies. I love the way dance creates movement. It's art in motion. "

" When you see what you really are, good or bad, there is a fearlessness to understanding your purpose. "

" There is a thing about women that needs to be understood. We don't sit well with being put in a certain place. "

" Everyone who knows Puff knows Puff rolls with himself. His hustle is money. That's what he does. "

" 'Armor On' explains why I needed armor in the first place. Sonically, you'll hear this battle of, 'I love you, no I don't. I love you, I hate you.' That's what you'll feel. You see the story kind of fight against itself. "

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" I would describe my personal style as putting Twiggy and Yoko Ono together. It is hobo with no rules. "

" I'm big on showing people versatility. I'm constantly trying to push myself to break barriers and the idea that we have to stay in one lane. "

" My dad was a teacher. He has a Masters in music. He taught elementary school, and he played gigs his whole life, and we lived good. "

" I started to write my own stories, like small novels, and those novels became poems, and after poems, they became lyrics, and song came from that. "

" I like being in charge. I like being able to control my own destiny and ideas. "

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" Originally, I was set on going to Hawaii Pacific University. We visited the campus in Hawaii. I was gonna be a Rainbow Warrior. I was gonna play softball. I was gonna major in marine biology. Everything was set. Then my dad was like, 'So you're not gonna do music? If you do go to Hawaii, there's no studios there, baby girl.' "

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" I'd only do a deal with a label if it allowed me to still be indie and have that indie mentality. I have to have creative control. "