I was so rude when I was a little girl.

I don't do things for the response or for the controversy. I just live my life.

Dancing was always part of my culture growing up in Barbados. When I shot my 1st video I worked really hard with my choreographer to perfect the routines.

Took an oath, I'ma stick it out to the end.

I definitely want to go and do some more research. My dad used to make me sit outside on the steps all night long, looking for a UFO flying by and I had to do that for years.

When something feels real, you don't make any apologies for it. When it feels good to you, nothing else matters. Everything else is just noise.

Young people, we have this thing about us, this invincibility, because we're young and we're growing up and we want to have fun, and we want to be crazy, and nothing's wrong with that unless you're not being responsible.

Something is wrong with Eminem. He has so much in his mind that I almost feel lucky that he has music. I feel like he has so much in his head that music is such a great release for him. He is one of my favorite artists. Absolutely.

They're gonna keep knocking away until all this comes crashing down. But I'm not gonna ever crash. I'm in control.

I feel like pop stars can't be rock stars anymore because they have to be role models, and it takes the fun out of it for us, because we just want to have fun with art.

I have two main hair people I work with. They're always with me. I'm like, 'I'm bored! I wanna change my hair!' That's the good thing about a weave. You can do whatever with it.

I just really wanted to be myself. I wanted to be sassy, the attitude, all these things that I am.

I just love a challenge, whether it's a relationship, my career, clothing.

Spend time with people who know how to use their days well. Just as iron sharpens iron, positive people will inspire you to be positive.

I hate going to the gym and doing it the old-fashioned way. I hate anything that's too straightforward, too routine, too familiar. I get bored really, really quickly.

People think, because we're young, we aren't complex, but that's not true. We deal with life and love and broken hearts in the same way a woman a few years older might.

People take the little bit of information they're fed, and they draw a picture of who you are. Most of the time, it's wrong.

I don't think I could walk down the street wearing bubbles or a dress made of ham. What Lady GaGa has done has been kind of amazing. I am the opposite. I wear clothes I would wear on the street. I'm all about a real look.

To me makeup is a major accessory. It can change an outfit, it can make the outfit, it can be the outfit, and that's why I like to play with it.

If I wasn't a singer, I think I'd be studying to be a psychologist.