"When a female artiste wants to do music, the first thing any man will think of as a businessman is being sexy. I’m sexy, I’m smart, I love God, but it is also important to find a person or people who understand that."

"Whether you like it or not, it's how men are wired. A man can love a woman intensely, but sometimes, he's sexual urges takes control."

"“I drink water a lot and I mind my business a lot,” he said with a smile. “I don’t have any die-hard routine, no gym routine. Once in a while, I jog, and when I perform on stage, that’s my exercise. I just try to rest as much as I can.”"

"There are so many hazards in being famous and if you can’t control yourself, you get carried away within a short time. It is not all smooth- sailing."

"It’s every artiste’s joy to see people actually feel what they do, to know that you actually get results for the whole creative process."

"Already proud of being African and had a problem with the fact we couldn’t be ourselves."

"I asked you to hustle and try to avoid trouble. Your mates are bubbles, and they don’t have two heads. They said you’re worthless but don’t care if you suffer. Small children will give you orders and can give you a slap."

"There are a lot of people who the media have poisoned."

"You need to understand that people don’t talk about someone that is not known. When people talk about you, it means you are in the spotlight where everybody can see you. Some of the people who say hurtful things about you even want to be like you."

"Marriage is not a do or die."

"I feel that being a single lady is not a disease and you should not be cast out because some people feel that because you attain some certain age, you ought to be married."

"I was coming from a naive, God-fearing family and I went into the world of adults and I was thrown into a jungle and people did not care if I was 16, they attacked me."

"If you must chop you must work. On the brighter side, God rewards hard work so you will always reap what you have sewn."

"Growing a human is mind-blowing, and a miracle, but I know it is HARD. I feel like a broken record."

"You know when I went through the whole getting to know myself, I was happy in real life."

"I saw other people living life and it became clear. I was 21, and I thought this was not a way to live. I didn’t watch movies anymore. I didn’t watch TV. I was missing out on life and that is when I stopped everything."

"The day I won the Channel O award, that was when Twitter was making waves and people I knew started dragging me online. People started asking why I won the award, people starting questioning me and carrying stories around me."

"I felt as I had failed, especially because I had thought that business will pick up."

"The industry was hostile. I would be performing and they would turn off my microphone because the A-list artist doesn’t like me."

"I had hyperemesis gravidarum for the first 25 weeks of pregnancy, and when I tell you, it is the hardest thing I have ever experienced in life, and I doubt any-other thing can be more challenging or more painful."

"My mental health and breastfeeding weren’t a great pair. So I took my time and did what I could, so obviously, my supply dropped drastically. I could barely pump a full ounce in one day."

"When I was still trying to conceive, I was like what’s wrong with me? I was like everybody can do this thing. I’ll be like it’s me that can’t do this thing. What’s going on here?"

"God opened the doors of opportunities; all I had to do was; work hard, maintain self-respect, dignity and believe that whatever happens, God is in control!"

"When I met you Patti, I thought you were this woman who was born with a silver spoon; I just called to apologise. You’ve had a tough life and this book should be read by all those people who think they have a problem."

"I do not follow fashion, fashion follows me. Once I am dressed, I don’t care what everybody else is wearing."

"For me, etiquette is the line of life; how you present yourself, talk, walk; the things that you do, spiritual and motion etiquette as well."

"I am a Nigerian and I don’t see myself as British; so, I didn’t see it coming."

"To me, family is the glue that holds my being together. My family defines me, from my ancestors, my wonderful protective mother, to my loving husband and wonderful children."

"I have been doing this since 2002. It’s a way of teaching my children that when God blesses you, you must find a way of blessing people."

"The Faith of a Child came into being as a way of recording my early life, for my children."

"Happiness is believing and knowing God is in control. It is being comfortable with myself, knowing myself and making God a vital part of my life. Happiness is in knowing that God loves me and I have nothing to fear."

"Motherhood is natural, straight-forward, beautiful and yet it is the most difficult thing on earth."

"To be successful in everything I set my mind to, parenthood, career, mentoring etc. I am pleased when I affect people’s lives positively."

"My advice to singers is; be yourself, but know you are there to serve and touch others with the wonderful gift, that is your voice."

"“Here’s to even greater, here’s to even more grounds to conquer.”"

"I have tried as much as possible to maintain a standard professionally. I don’t go below that standard, instead, I go higher. So with such mindset on your job, everything comes out with a different higher or better result. So it is difficult to pick."

"The hallmark of a good leader is to groom other leaders."

"You may be religious yet very carnal….but once you are spiritual, you see things from divine point of view."

"There's nothing wrong with wanting a girl, but if she blatantly tells you 'no' and asks you to stop calling her, then please take a hint."

"I wanted women around the world to have an anthem for all the times they've had their phone blown up by someone that they really didn't want to speak to, especially if he's a married man."

"I deleted all my old music and I am rebranding myself. I don’t have to hypersexualize myself in order to be successful."

"“A girl needs a father. A girl needs her father, this girl will always love her father. This girl will dearly miss her father. Rest well daddy, you will always be in our hearts!”"

"“It was one of those moments…I just thought I haven’t gotten to that place I want to get to, so I just thought, do something else,”"

"Marriage is not that important o, joy and happiness, health and well-being. When the time comes we will all dance to the altar but till den let’s thank God for life”"

"I can cry over food. My tolerance level is not the same as yours. So let people express themselves the way they want to."

"“I thought, perhaps, I should leave the industry while the applause is still loud. It was a scary time and I didn’t want to be known as a failed artiste. Fans simply didn’t know what I was doing and that is what we’re trying to repair.”"

"It all has to do with my feelings, my mood or state of mind. Most times my experiences, things I desire, it could be good depends on how the listener’s level of perception is structured."

"My Nigerian girl I love you everyday in any way no be material girl, and all the way she no dey play"

"Bad boys making moves like a magician always on their hustle like a tactician see the streets, me I say you be average man one blood, one nation, African"

"Anyway I be, holding this mic And I'm restless Lyrical bars, it comes quick like my first sex I'm raw, no latex I aint a slave, I'm a grown man Fvck the chains and the necklace Gat bad chicks everywhere, Casablanca Noah flow, leave you in a state like Bayelsa I poo in your mouth, you can talk that shyt Guns like a cinema, it got clips"