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I don't know if I want her to sing it with us, but I'm curious to what type of song Taylor Swift would write for us. I'm curious to see what kind of pen she would write for TLC. Or like an Adam Levine. Somebody like that. They're phenomenal writers.
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A role model can teach you to love and respect yourself.
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Music is my heart.
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I'm in charge of raising a young woman one day, to be a mother and hopefully a wife.
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At the end of the day we feel the same; we all hurt.
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One thing, parents: you need to realize is you've got to stop letting artists raise your kids. You're the parent. Why don't you monitor what your child wears? Ariana Grande didn't sign on to be a role model.
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The record business sucks!
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I want to live. I didn't have time to die.
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I've worked in the studio with a lot of young girls, and they'll go, 'Oh, the label is telling me to take off my clothes, and I don't feel comfortable.' Well if you don't feel comfortable, don't do it.
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I get nervous as hell when it's time for the songs to come out.
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I don't care about Donald Trump. I mean, God is my president. So I just feel sorry for people it affects, but I don't care about him.
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'Creep,' unfortunately, was one of my true stories.
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I have learned to smile when I wasn't happy, to sing when I didn't feel like it, and to do things just to please my fans.
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The interesting thing about the TLC network is that they were interested in following me, not leading me.
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I never thought black people would say I wasn't black enough. It didn't turn me into a bully - it just put me on the defensive. I had to watch my back. It made me stronger because I learned how to deal with ignorance.
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Everything happens the way it's supposed to because it's just like cavemen - you evolve and grow and learn.
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I'm open. All of my situations have made me who I am.
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'Waterfalls' spoke to so many people at a time where people needed to feel like somebody was on their side.