I never do a show where the people just sit there and look at me. They always sing along. It's going to be a fun time.
The only thing I don't have is hips.
I always say, 'There's a difference between cooked food and McDonald's.' Your mom's homemade dinner - you enjoy this more than you enjoy the fast food that comes along and goes, and I strive to make homemade dinner every time I put out an album.
You can't please everybody. I give up. I'm not trying to. I don't care. Leave me alone with that.
Luke James has this mystique about him that's not something you can explain; you can only experience it. He's got a whole D'Angelo feel to him as well.
I've always been a fan of Nigerian artist D'banj. He's now signed to Kanye West's Good Music label.
I like to write about the things I care about. It's no fun to sing about things you don't like.
Americans have their issues with skin colour, even within the black community, with light and dark skin; it's crazy - but no one's oblivious to it.
Kanye West is my older brother, an inspiring guy and someone who keeps pushing my level up further and further.
Why should you stay in one place and one country if they're not offering you a job? It doesn't make sense!
I can't stand quitters. My mother is a very strong, determined woman. I was peeling onions when I was seven, but I walked off when my eyes began to sting. She said to me, 'You start something and you finish it', and that stuck with me. I'm persistent.
I'm signed to a U.S. label, and I didn't enjoy the 3 A.M. phone calls. I'm not a great sleeper, so I didn't enjoy being woken up.
American food is not what I'm used to - everything is like three portions.
In order for me to write, I have to experience life. I write the songs based on real life, and I perform them from a very real place.
The reality show 'America's Next Top Model' is my girlie pleasure.
I always thought that if record companies didn't understand me, fine - I'd go and do it by myself.
Conservatives, they're like the Republicans to me. They don't do much. They have this whole hierarchy and boys' club thing going on. That doesn't help the regular person.
My mom, for all intents and purposes, was a single parent.
With the first album, I wanted to do so many different things, and I was fighting with myself to try and see if I was worthy enough to do it.
When I was growing up, hip-hop was still a pretty specialised thing.
