There's always a time when you think you've done your last song or you've written your last rap or, you know, people are not checking for you.

As long as you keep yourself in love with people, you can transcend time.

I have to tell you that I love people. When I see the kids coming up and see what they have done with the music, it's amazing.

You get to an age where you get tired of hiding behind whatever people think is correct.

There have always been female artists and singers putting bands together all the time. But we were not always getting credit for that because we didn't know any better.

Sometimes when you have a song, you listen to it and say, 'It's OK. It's music to drive to.' But then there are songs where you can actually hear it as a movie.