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I signed contracts I didn't think were a good idea but people around me said it was the way forward. It saddens me that I'll never own my first album ever, which sucks.

The reason I never wanted to sign with a big label was because I didn't want no one telling me how to make my music.

Record contracts are just like - I'm gonna say the word - slavery. I would tell any young artist... don't sign.

One thing that I had to remember in my personal journey in the music industry and coming up in the music industry was how many times I was told no. I was signed, I was dropped, I was signed, and I was put on a shelf.

One of the biggest wake-up calls of my career was when I saw a record contract. I said, 'Wait - you sell it for $18.98 and I make 80 cents? And I have to pay you back the money you lent me to make it and then you own it?'

At the end of the day, you sign a record deal and you understand where it could go if you had the right song.

I used to just sign papers and not pay no attention to what I'm signing.

If you wouldn't write it and sign it, don't say it.

Well, I haven't signed anything giving people the right to do anything they want with my image, you know what I mean. I have the ultimate say.

I'm convinced part of the reason I got signed is because of who I am, and it makes me sad.