A lot of people wanted to try to make me the white Nicki Minaj. That's not what I'm trying to do. I love 'hood' music, but my talent is as a singer. My 13-year-old self would have beaten up my 17-year-old self because she would be like, 'You're a sellout!'

I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in the music of boys. From my youngest years, I was interested in the music of men.

I don't listen to my own music at home.

Steve Jobs was a digital pioneer, but when he went home, he listened to vinyl.

The cutthroat avenues of rock 'n' roll, I am fed up with. I don't want anything to do with it.

Long, flat expanses of professionalism bother me. I'd rather have a band that could explode at any time.