Experience is the best teacher of all. And for that there are no guarantees that one will become an artist. Only the journey matters.
In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best.
Being biracial is so much a part of who I am that it's almost, 'Let it go...
Sometimes I wake up laughing when I have a great dream. And sometimes I...
I've seen other artists put out movies that went straight to DVD, and no...
My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I...
I was a reader as a child, believe it or not.
I'm very hard on myself and I have too many issues.
Marilyn Monroe Productions was the first female-owned production company...
I think I have to remain eternally oblivious to age. Honestly, when you...
I understand people want to hold on to their roots.
I think certain people like to torture me because they think I've had it...
I work myself into the ground. But I think I'm a nice friend and a good...
My fans have made all my career moments special for me. They are the ones...
I think that for me, personally, a lot of my choices have been to do with...
I love the grimiest rappers in the world. That's my favorite.
Trust is not very easy for me at all. I want to be a trusting person, but...
Prince was one of the best people I've met. He didn't care about the big...
It's hard to be someone that people talk about and write about, you know?...
I don't think there were great beauty trends in the '90s - I was just...
I'm not Gloria Steinem, but I mean, I'm definitely all for powerful...
I could do my own nails... I went to beauty school in the 11th grade. But...
I arrange flowers in my spare time. Well, when I have spare time, that...
I am very insecure about my looks, and I always have been because of being...
Stardom is a magical yet freakish situation at times. It's a cliche but...
The fans never send me crazy things. They send me things that they put so...
I do not think I reinvent myself. Wearing my hair differently or changing...
I really rebel against authority.
I started singing when I started talking.
I always felt like the rug could be pulled out from under me at anytime....
I'm actually very loyal, to my detriment.
A lot of rappers don't have to go through what I had to go through as a...
I'm not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on...
I don't mind being compared to Whitney, there are people miles worse to be...
I used to be able to slim down just by exercising more, but that's...
I really don't do karaoke because it becomes a vocal performance rather...
