People always want to talk about who I was, but I've always been singing, always been experimenting with pop music.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Singing is just another outlet to express what I feel and to show everyone who I really am. I really don't talk about my personal life that much in interviews because that's my life, but with music, the way I write explains who I am.
There's a whole generation out there who don't know that I was a pop singer in the early days.
People used to say nobody can sing my songs but me - they're too personal.
When I started singing, I was covering Lauryn Hill, Brandy, and all the girl groups of the '90s. It's just what I would listen to and what I was singing when anybody asked me to sing for them.
A lot of people don't know that I'm a singer - that's my thing, really.
Originally I considered myself a singer.
I never had the influence of any other singer in my music, so I sounded like myself all the time.
I never really thought I was going to be a singer, honestly. I never listened to singers; I always listened to rap music.
I know I could never be in a pop band. I honestly have an appalling voice.
I always thought I was a singer, but I really am not.