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Low self-esteem comes from who you assess yourself to be. It's about who you are, and I didn't think I was anything or anybody.
I like to jump some rope and swing kettle bells to get my blood pumping. It makes my voice sound better, and it clears my head.
You know, the funny thing was that I grew up listening to, like Whitney Houston and Cece Winans, and a lot of American singers.
Well, I don't use the toilet much to pee in. I almost always pee in the yard or the garden, because I like to pee on my estate.
You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don't let themselves feel things.
I won't lie - when you're first bringing out music and you want people to notice, you probably overdo it, especially as a girl.
My style is constantly evolving. Style has been something that I think has been the hardest thing for me to come to terms with.
Being a mom has made me feel more like a grown-up. I was always a kid at heart. It makes me feel like I did my purpose in life.
the human race was dying out Noone left to scream n shout People living on the moon Smog will get you pretty soon Ship of Fools
I'm getting older; you realise you are on the countdown of what you are doing, so performing means more than it ever did to me.
Science tells you love is just a chemical reaction in the brain, Let me be your Bunsen burner baby, let me be your naked flame!
Capitalism can be helpful, but it can also be destructive when it's used by huge enterprises worldwide for the sale of weapons.
Inspiration has to be natural for me, not so considered, I am not saying that is right or wrong, it's simply what works for me.
Some of these DJs have screens, 3D blocks, flames, gas and even a trapeze. It's like looking at a really stupid customised car.
I'm not the kind of guy who can be sitting around listening to Joni Mitchell, chilling. I'd rather bash my head against a wall.
I love a guy that can be emotional and get in touch with his feminine side. It's really sweet. It says a lot about a man to me.
Ladies, your self-worth is like your price tag. If he's not offering what your worth, he can't have you. No bargains, no sales.
You've got to find ways to breathe while you're dancing so that when it comes time for you to stop and sing again, you have it.
Life is about love and experience and learning and evolving and I am richer and thankful for all of the experiences in my life.
When you go through really hard times, you really figure out who you are, how you respond to things, and how things affect you.
I love to go to school. My favourite subject is math, and I'm - actually, I just love high school more than anything, probably.
I really, genuinely don't look at my schedule too often, because when I do, I get a little overwhelmed by how much is going on.
I get to do all the styles of music that I love. There's no boundaries; there's nobody holding on to me saying I can't do that.
Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedposts overnight. If your mother said don't chew it, do you swallow it in spite?
With every album, the approach is find the best songs you can find, write the best songs you can write and try to sound better.
It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.
The sun has set in your life; it is getting cold. The hundreds of people around you cannot console you for the loss of the one.
I'm experimenting with my voice. Every day I do different things with it, and if I feel it's appropriate I do it on the record.
None of the original love and feel for going on stage is gone. I'm not a true singer. I'm performer, and I need to be on stage.
I love nice things - I consider Ralph Lauren sheets to be a necessity, not a luxury - but I've known what it's like to be poor.
I went through some pretty rough patches in my life, and I've come out of them a stronger, more inspired, and energetic person.
Life feeds on life... feeds on life feeds on life... this is neccesary... this is necessary life feeds on life... feeds on life
I was genuinely happy when I wrote that song [Training Wheels] and very in love. That's a very rare emotion to evoke out of me.
Please understand that I make music to express myself, and if you know anything about me, you know that I'm nothing but honest.
When I grew up where I grew up, things were very, very different, and nobody had a filter. And that's what brought us together.
I wasn't accepted because I didn't accept the drug culture that most of my peers were involved in. Now it's like a locked room.
I'm proud of our court. It knocks back a lot of the propaganda the Communists put out about the way America treats her Negroes.
I really didn't even pick producers. I just picked beats, except for Dre - he's the only producer I knew I wanted to work with.
Music is so much a part of me: my parents told me that when I was an infant, I wouldn't eat unless the radio was playing music.
Making movies is great. It was like love at first sight; a whole new, different business. I can see why actors love it so much.
I'm a much more chill person now that I know who I am and know my own voice, so I don't really get nervous with live TV at all.
I love my career right now, and I won't be with anybody until they make my life as satisfying and as happy as my work makes me.
I took you to an intimate restaurant, then to a suggestive movie. There's nothing left to talk about, unless it's horizontally.
My father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I am going to stay here and have a part of it just like you.
I am being tried for fighting for the right of my people, who are still second-class citizens in this United States of America.
I was a dreamer. When I was on stage I didn't have to think about whether I could pay the rent. I was just having a great time.
Many Americans knew their lives and their souls were being struggled for, and they fought for it. And I felt I should carry on.
Dream big and surround yourself with brilliance, even if you end up dressed up like a flower or a sexually transmitted disease.
If someone told me when I was 16 or 18 years old that I'd be doing a side project with Tony Iommi, I wouldn't have believed it.
The biggest competition is myself. I am not looking to follow others or pull them down. I'm planning to test my own boundaries.