I always say, "When you know it's right, everything will fall into place.".

It was important that this album [Chain Letter] was an accurate reflection of me.

I would sit in the back at church every Sunday trying to hide, and just when I thought I'd gotten through the service without her [grandmother] calli….

I remember the excitement of being a new artist. When up and coming artists ask me like, "Any advice you have for me?" I always say, "Take it all in ….

Rarely a producer gives me music and I write to it. I think that's too easy. Most of the time for me, it's on an elevator or in my car listening to a….

You never get another first time. I just remember being excited and that feeling of "Wow my dream is really coming true"..

I like to go into the studio and let things happen. I like to just let the session take on. I don't want to have to clock in at nine and end at eight….

I've never killed anyone but I've felt the emotion.

It is a fight and struggle to just be yourself..

If people wanted to fight me-because of my hair or because my skin was too dark-then I fought them.

I really wanted my music to reflect my personal life and what I set out to do every day..

When you're listening to my album, I want you to know that things happen and eventually you get over it.