There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of expressing what, for me, is inexpressible by any other means.

I had to resign myself, many years ago, that I'm not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about things. But my music does it for me, it really does.

I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir.

I'm a perfectionist.

I'm a perfectionist.

I'ma sound like all your favorite rappers.

I don't know how to drive.

A lot of people always question, 'What else can she do, what else can she do?' And I'm going to show you.

I could really make a song of hurt, because I've been hurt by a lot of men. I'm talking about, like, how sad I be when a dude curves me. And I never talk about that because I refuse to let people know that I get sad because when a man don't answer my calls.

I have 100 percent Bronx pride, like it's a country, like I am the Bronx.

I don't want to live in a small Bronx apartment. I don't want to have three kids that got to share one room.

This is my work ethic: I do not want to raise my future kids where I was raised, and I know the only way to do it is working, working, working, working, working.

I yam who I yam; I'm not somebody, like, standard.

Make more than the guys you thought you wanted to be with.

To me, music is art and fashion is art, but fame? Fame isn't art, but the person you become when you're famous - your alter ego - that's art.

We might as well be true with ourselves.

I used to worry a lot. I still worry a lot, but not about the things that I used to worry about because my younger self, I didn't regret anything that I ever did... I was happy, and I was free, and I was living it up.

Instagram has said plenty of times that I'm pregnant, Instagram has said a lot of things about me that are not true, so I don't even know where that's coming from.

Summertime, this is the time that you flex.

Whatever hair color I have on my head, that's what decides what type of outfit I'm going to wear, because not everything goes with your hair color. That's why I switch it up.

You can't tell me that I can't dress!

I love Lady Gaga. When I was in high school, I really wanted to dress like her.

Libras like to take risks!

I used to tell myself that I will always be myself.