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What I work hard at doing is ...

What I work hard at doing is staying on a path of being kind and showing and proving that I'm a good person to society. That's hard. The talent, that's a gift. I just came here like that.

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I have advice for people - pe...

I have advice for people - period - who are in unhealthy relationships: Follow your heart. It will get you to where you need to be. Sometimes it's hard, sometimes it's easy, the places that your heart takes you. But continue to follow it. Where the train leads you - you'll get there.

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The music business is motivat...

The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings.

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I've been a vegetarian since ...

I've been a vegetarian since I was 19.

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I think a lot of people have ...

I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform.

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I'm a performance artist firs...

I'm a performance artist first; I'm a recording artist second.

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What makes me furious, not ju...

What makes me furious, not just because we're in an interview, but I don't like when writers take your words and put them somewhere else, in the wrong context in their own article about you.

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I consider my musical ability...

I consider my musical ability to be a gift from the Creator. It's not that I try to work hard or nothing like that, it's a gift, it was given to me, and I appreciate it.

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I don't sing melodically. Rhy...

I don't sing melodically. Rhyme pattern is how I sing. I also write like a lyricist or an MC because that's what I was before I was a singer. I just took those elements and put them into music.

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When you're in a relationship...

When you're in a relationship you want it to work. My parents did, I did. But we are not taught how to make it work.

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I'm a woman who has gone thro...

I'm a woman who has gone through many heartaches, enough to dedicate my whole life to trying to figure them out.

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I planned my success. I knew ...

I planned my success. I knew it was going to happen.

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Artists need some kind of sti...

Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint it or sculpt it. You literally mold the experience the way you want. It's therapy.

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I don't have one song that so...

I don't have one song that sounds like another one in my entire catalog.

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I'm not trying to win an awar...

I'm not trying to win an award for being the best vegetarian, just want to be healthy. Take a salt bath. Do things that my parents were never able to do. I'm blessed to do anything I want, so I decide to take the best care of my body and my family in the same way. Holistically. Vitally.

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I thought the Billie Holiday ...

I thought the Billie Holiday comparison was beautiful. I think, Wow, what a wonderful, creative, helpful spirit. She's someone who wanted to help others by sharing her emotion. That's what I do, too, so I think that's a great comparison.

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There are millions and billio...

There are millions and billions of atoms of memory of all kinds of musical themes in me.

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It's almost like a lot of bla...

It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that it's harder for us.

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Oh, yeah, I see the world dif...

Oh, yeah, I see the world differently now. Actually, when I first had the baby, I was breast-feeding him for two years straight. So we were together for two years of his life, every single day, all hours of the day. So I was two people, and I eventually morphed back into one.

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I love being an entertainer -...

I love being an entertainer - not really fond of being a celebrity.

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