"It's really important to me that my sound is a combination of beats and melody."

“People always ask me about career choices, though it rarely ever seems like any kind of choice. It's just like, I really want to do something, this is what I can do, and that's it. I'm lucky to be doing this at all.”

“Knowing that the battle will not end the way he wishes does not make it any less worthwhile the fight.”

Source : Susanna Kearsley (2011). “The Rose Garden”, p.193, Allison & Busby

“Diabetes affects my family. One of my kids is affected by it.”

“Don't whine. Find the positive in difficult situations.”

Source : Tony Dicicco, Colleen Hacker, Charles Salzberg (2003). “Catch Them Being Good: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Coach Girls”, p.84, Penguin

“I don't trust white critics' judgment about most things that deal with black life, particularly when a black person is the creator.”

“I don't feel anything right now. I am just preparing, that's it.”

“I don't mind throwing something away. It should be your best or it should be what you want people to hear and something that's good for people.”

“If you could see a photograph of what it took to make an advertising photograph - things you don't think about, like the photo assistant carefully arranging the meatballs - the degree of unnaturalness would be astonishing. Yet it produces an image that looks natural, and is orchestrated to provoke basic emotional responses.”