I make grown-folks music, and I'm cool with that. I accept that. I try to be witty while also delivering a message.

I love women - all types, all colors, petite, plus size. But in particular, I was raised by black women, and I feel like there is just something beautiful about black women.

A lot of beautiful women that I have come across are the most insecure.

When you talk about the exchange of energy between performer and audience and audience and performer, I hope that I'm one of the best.

I've always been known for making socially conscious music in the midst of the love songs and the bedroom songs.

Every so often, you have a producer or a songwriter or both or a team that comes along and really reshapes and redefines sonically what music is and the interpretation of it to the masses.

There is no single individual greater than a mother. They are the great keepers of our society and heads of our households.

Coming from a single parent household, I witnessed firsthand the strength and courage of the single mother. I always had my father in my life but my household was run by my mother and my grandmother. As a result, I have always had the utmost respect for women and have chosen to strongly convey that in my music.

To be a mother is a beautiful thing, but to be able to assume the role for a child in need is nothing less than amazing. I believe that any woman who takes on the role of a mother, whether it be naturally or through foster care or adoption, should be held in the highest regard.