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" The-Dream was like my diary. I would sit there and talk his ear off about all my guy situations; he would just turn my stories into songs. "

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" You got to learn when to be the bigger person, especially in the entertainment business. "

" My hair is purple, and unicorns mean a lot to me. They're unique, rare, majestic, and beautiful, and I think those are some things that I embody. I wasn't always confident, and so once I gained my confidence, I was like, 'I'm a unicorn, and I don't care what anybody says.' My fans are unicorns, too. I like to call them my 'unicorn nation.' "

" There's always competition in the world, but you don't have to be enemies. You can empower each other. "

" I'm a Virgo, so I'm a super hard lover. I fall in love so quickly! "

" A lot of people love to throw the social climber thing at people who are on the rise, but it's really just God moving all the people that are distractions, all the obstacles, out of the way for me to achieve what I'm destined to achieve. "

" On the real, because you're dyeing your hair so much, it gets really damaged, so you just want to use a lot of products that help hydrate it and keep it nice and keep it moisturized. It gets really, really dry. "

" I embrace my darker skin - always have, always will. In addition, I believe black women have always been trailblazers and trendsetters. Acknowledgement or not, we are and always have been beautiful. "

" We all feel like we're alone, but as artists, we get to see firsthand from our fans that we're not. Hearing them scream the words to your songs is the most amazing feeling. "

" I definitely look up to Rihanna. She doesn't care what anyone thinks of her, and she's not afraid of taking risks and trying different things, whether it's fashion or music. She's all about what makes her comfortable. "

" My mom never let me dye my hair, and I would beg her every single day. When I was 16, I told her I wanted to dye it purple, and she let me - probably because she never thought I'd actually do it. Then I just stuck with it. "

" I believe I'm a unicorn. Unicorns are very magical and powerful and strong. "

" I like L.A., but I'm definitely a Brooklyn girl; I'm a city girl. I need the cars honking. I need the bright lights. I need people yelling in the middle of the night screaming at each other. I need all of that. "

" Makeup and fashion are a very blatant way of expressing who you are because it's the first thing people see. With music, it's more personal, where people really are trying to get into your head and learn about who you are. "

" When I'm in L.A., I kind of go crazy in the middle of the night when it's, like, completely quiet. "

" I'll always be a Brooklyn girl. "

" I want to be a legend. "

" It takes a lot for you to find your confidence, but you shouldn't let someone else be the person to find it for you. "

" I would describe my style as sexy, cosy, chic street-wear. "

" My mom is an entertainment attorney, and she brought me to a BMI panel for people who were interested in becoming artists. While I was there, her friends kept peer pressuring me to go and sing in front of everyone because I was a very, very shy girl. "

" You want to accomplish everything; there's no limits to what you want to do. You want to do movies. You want to do modeling. You want to be an entrepreneur - you want to enter every aspect of the entertainment business. "

" Sometimes people won't be able to relate to you if you look like you're straight out of a full blown 'Vogue' magazine every time they see you. "

" As a young adult, we all go through things now on social media. It's a part of our everyday lives. "

" I express myself a lot on Tumblr, especially through my diary entries, but my Instagram is my modeling portfolio. I have my game face on at all times. "

" The day I do get my Roc Nation chain is going to be so much more valuable than if they gave it to me the day I signed. You have to earn it. "

" I use Manic Panic to dye my hair. Sometimes I do it myself. "

" Everyone that's come into my life, everything that has happened, has been a part of the plan. It's not even about being in the industry or becoming more popular; it's just about growing and outgrowing some people. "

" I kind of came about at the same time as Instagram, and it becomes, like, your portfolio. When people search who you are, they search Instagram, and I feel like people aren't even using Google anymore. "

" What inspires me is the relationships and situations I find myself in as I grow and learn. "