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Quotes
 I
always feel like somebody has to lose, and it's not going to be me. I
may be taking something out on you that you don't even understand.
You're going to be like "Why did you mess with this girl?"
When
you’re listening to my album, I want you to know that things happen
and eventually you get over it.
I
sang at church but I sang more in school. I didn't come from a musical
family and never studied it, so I did things my own way. I was going
through my own thing listening to the radio. I also had mature tastes. I
would hear one of those old love songs and go crazy.
I
was so used to being in a group, I thought that’s how it needed to be
until Deja asked me to perform one night at a showcase. I realized that
it felt very natural performing solo and we decided right there that’s
how I’d continue to perform.
If
we match and we can have a good conversation, it's all good. A lot of
people take that the wrong way and think I like ugly guys. I'm not
saying that. I'm just saying I'm not that picky. You don't have to have
a Benz to be with me.
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] calling on me to sing ‘His Eye Is On The Sparrow,’
she’d always call me up.
Sade,
of course. What better choice than Sade? Relaxing, trying to be sneaky
whatever you're doing, Sade's taking you to a place.
If
people wanted to fight me-because of my hair or because my skin was too
dark-then I fought them.
I've
fought to get where I am today
I
was so built up and there was so much inside of me that I had to get
out. It wasn't hard for me to sit there and write. The beat and the
songs just came out. We were pumped up, doing about four songs a day.
I've
never killed anyone but I've felt the emotion.
I'm
loving every minute, but it's a lot of pressure. I know I'm a new artist
and I have to prove myself. I know that talk is cheap; until I prove it
with my actions, it's nothing. There's lots of pressure to live up to
everybody's expectations, but I need to be me.
It
is a fight and struggle to just be yourself.
I'm
not a murderer. I don't believe in that. Thou shall not kill.
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