"Because she passed nobody’s good enough to be next to her. If she was still alive, then everybody would be saying, “Oh you’re trying to be like Beyoncé.” But now that she’s passed, everybody’s like, “Nobody can be like her.” That’s just how it is, and that’s how people are."

"Always be true to yourself."

"Don't like motorbikes. Don't like them, I've been on a few, even in a few videos and they scare me. They scare the hell out of me and you know in videos, course I've got "the cool face on" and cool breezing it, tough, glasses, but underneath I'm screaming."

"Well, I think that the image is a part of me. I wear the baggy pants, the hats, the whole nine. And you know, I may add a little for the excitement and the intrigue in the videos, but my family has told me that little air of mystery that surrounds me is for real."

"Playing off of people that great was great for me."

"I waited for the right project for the right time and it just came together."

"I love Eddie Murphy so I wanted to do a song on the soundtrack."

"I don't feel I made any sacrifices at all. I'm doing my best to juggle."

"I knew at a very young age this was what I wanted to do. I started singing at six so I knew by the time I was eight."

"It was a painful time for me and my family. That's why I'm proud to say I'm a strong person. I'm a survivor and I can handle anything. I'm very confident about that. I come from a very strong family and they are always there to protect me. If I need any help I'll just call on my mummy or daddy or my brother to whom I'm very close."

"I breathe to perform, to entertain, I can’t imagine myself doing anything else. I’m just a really happy girl right now. I honestly love every aspect of this business. I really do. I feel very fulfilled and complete."

"I was actually just blessed to be surrounded by so many wonderful veterans and people that I had great chemistry with and that were just open to me."

"There's a dark side to me that comes out in everything I do."

"I think it's important to take a break, you know, from the public eye for a while, and give people a chance to miss you. I want longevity. I don't want to get out there and run myself ragged and spread myself thin."

"I watched her grow up, and, with the rest of the world, saw her achieve success with her very special and unique talents. From an early age, I knew she had enormous talents, an intrinsic gift."

"She had a refreshing outlook for one so young, with true respect for her art and for her elders. She brought joy to my heart, and I felt blessed to encourage and support her professionally and personally as she strove for each new goal."

"I saw [the Vibe article], but I don't really comment on that because I know it's not true."

"When people ask me, I tell them, "Hey don't believe all that mess. We're close and people took it the wrong way.""

"I'm seventeen now so I've grown in a lot of ways, artistically and vocally."

"Honestly, there were negative things that were said in the past and that was one reason that I did feel it was best for me to move on. That was a rough period for me and my family, a very tumultuous time. But I'm a very strong person. I think it says a lot about me that I'm here today and I answer the questions."

"I’ve always been mysterious. My mother and father always used to ask me, "What are you thinking, what’s going on?" There are times when I don’t understand myself, you know what I mean?"

"When I went to shoot the film I was very nervous. I kept telling myself, "This is it. This is what you've wanted, this is the real deal. Now you've gotta do your thing. You've gotta put all of you in this and hopefully they'll like you." And for people to say it's impressive and "You're so natural", I mean, it's the best feeling in the world. I feel like hard work, you know, payed off."

"It is dark in my favorite dream. Someone is following me. I don't know why. I'm scared. Then suddenly I lift off. Far away. How do I feel? As if I am swimming in the air. Free. Weightless. Nobody can reach me. Nobody can touch me. It's a wonderful feeling."

"I have black-out shades in my apartment, I push a button, it’s totally dark. I think I’m a bit of a vampire in real life, and there are times when I just want to be myself. I wanna be alone."

"I have a few childhood nicknames. One is "Babygirl". My father gave that to me when I was born. He said, "I have a beautiful baby girl" and that one stuck with me. A lot of people still call me "Babygirl"."

"I love baths. Absolutely love baths. I like to just draw a nice warm bath with a lot of bubbles, get a few sweets, maybe put them by the bath, put on really good music and chill."

"I feel like I'm really just getting started. I don't know what's going to happen in the next five or ten years."

"I'm the interpreter. I'm the one who takes your words and brings them to life. I was trained to sing and dance and laugh, and that's what I want to do."

"I think that Aaliyah's death could definitely be compared to Selena's, because of her powerful music and lyrics, and her huge fan base. For urban music and hip hop, we also make the comparison to The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac."

"You got to pray to Hip Hop almighty, We bless the microphone nightly, Open up the lyric from inside me, it’s our calling that’s why we say, You got to pray"

"I got hip-hop taste buds, I wanna hear that bass when I make love, I wanna hear some lyrics when I wake up, Write rhymes to get me through a break up"

"I do damage like a paralytic, paramedic with no anaesthetic.I’ll make origami of your lyrics.' 'Geez that’s good Suffa, what is it?' 'It’s a swan!Oi Suffa you can’t sing!' 'Yeah I can’t even hum a tune, but I make this crowd bounce like bed springs on a honeymoon."

"One chance, so I live for the moment, I’m just one man what I wouldn’t give for this moment, We got one world; still we take it in stride, In this one life we stand still waiting to die."

"We paved roads with our soul and suffering, For the stage coach carrying hip hop to roll on up in."

"'This is a circus act this is absurd but fact, one critic or cynic for every that learned to rap, one lyric with gimmick for every with purpose that, furthered rap culture round the earth and back."

"And I’m a chase that feeling, Take that pain and replace that feeling, And I’m a take that healing then, Stand so tall they’ll have to raise that ceiling.Treating every breath as my first and day as my last.Wake up, roll out of bed, throw on some roll-on, Roll up to the studio, It’s got a hold on me."

"Terror cleared the skyline and anger clouded judgement, So they spent a thousand nighttimes in the desert fighting something, That they couldn’t find, that made it something that they couldn’t fight,"

"The sky's not falling it's just angels committing suicide, Cos they're so saddened by humans using genocide, As a political tool, considering all you humans have, The way you act belittles you all."

"Everyone's time come sometime come But if ya wanna speed it up, yeah, then grab a gun!"

"Towers get higher, Jobs get cheaper, Highways get wider, Love gets deeper"

"And don't forget ladies and gentlemen you have to buy this new thing that you don't have and if you have it well actually the new better version of the thing that you have well it just came out"

"To be friends you got to be strangers first."

"I apologize for every choice I might have made to hurt your feelings or your health or ever bothered someone else your style of living is your choice and we all want a different kind so please love all your faults I'll do the same with what we find."

"[Never Enough] A funny thing about the money thing is/ You need a little bit/ Then a little more than a little bit"

"[Broken Record] Truth is ain't much has changes /Still seems that Kraft Dinner sucks the same."

"[Never Enough] Take Love/ Any form of the word, many shapes of/ So perfect, Hollywood ending/ All you need is love, go and ask John Lennon/ Love make a man ill, make a man kill/ Make a man take a stand making mountains out of ant hills"

"[Truman Show] We think that we see/ but we can't see the half/ we think we learn/ but we can't do the math."

"[Stolen Memories]Life is so good its like I stole the memories."

"[Better Days]We pave the streets/ To walk between us, we pay for these/ Lock the doors and teach our kids to be neighbourly"

"[Never Enough] Stupid mother fucker asked what do I make/ I make music that makes stupid mother fuckers think straight"