I've been making music for a while. And I could read about myself on the Internet for a while.

Your problems with me are not my problems, those are your problems.

Black culture is cool, but black issues sure aren't, huh?

I don't want to be nice. Nice girls can only get what they're offered.

Sometimes I feel like I float in and out of different personalities.

The Grammys are supposed to be awards for artistic excellence… Iggy Azalea’s not excellent.

Ketchup I'm hot, dog Frankfurters, you're Nathan But relish hatin'

Why does the UN need to raise money for ebola? Can't the gov just print the damn dollars themselves and get this done already.

I don't turn to anyone for advice. I do what I want.

No offence to Nicki Minaj, but her career has essentially been a Lil’ Kim tribute

I have never felt the pain of not being white the way I've felt it since I've been a public figure/part of this entertainment industry.

You become a better person by caring and loving other creations.

Long is the night to him who is awake

A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theatre of his time. A great drama critic also perceives what is not happening.

I thought helping someone else might take me out of my own head for a while.

Better to discuss everything out in the open while you're in love, then if or when the relationship sadly ends. It's called Full Disclosure Before The Fact.

My biggest challenge is trust, and really believing that trust, in letting things just happen personally and professionally and trust with myself. But I'm getting better at it.

Tattoos are interesting, but at the same time they are also a mask - you are exhibiting your past life on your body.

The real thing you do is you ask a lot of questions.

Sometimes when you're trying to do a record too close to home, you can get really distracted.

I wrote Report from the Interior was that after I finished Winter Journal, I took a pause, and I realized there was more I wanted to say.