personal expression quotes

My songs are like my children – I expect them to support me when I’m old.

I’m not trying to be fashionable. Never was!

Songs are my diaries; they always have been. You have to put your trust in everyone because putting down those real, personal details and thoughts that make a song authentic also opens you right up. I am constantly misunderstood; a lot of people just don’t get me.

My style has always been my own, just like my flow and style.

When I am putting looks together, I dare myself to make something work. I always look for the most interesting silhouette or something that’s a little off, but I have to figure it out. I have to make it me. I think that’s the thrill in fashion.

I think tattoos are horrible. It’s like living in a Pucci dress full-time.

I would say that I’m more moved by melody, even though I love to rap.

Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.

When I was fourteen and first started going out, I always wanted to be the opposite of everyone else. So I would go to the club in a polo T-shirt and pants and sneakers and a hat on backward, just so I would not be dressed like other girls.

I would say that jazz is my own language.

Fashion is life-enhancing, and I think it’s a lovely, generous thing to do for other people.

I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It’s totally for myself. I never in my wildest dreams expected this popularity.

I just like tattoos.