Jhene Aiko

“It gets crazy in my mind sometimes but the reason why I like to express so much positivity on my Twitter is because I think we all are battling evil thoughts. I think it's important to not ignore them but to try to understand where they are coming from and get through them instead of suppressing them.”

“I always say the person who taught me how to sing indirectly because I listened to her all the time was Brandy. I fell in love with her voice when I was six years old. I always loved Brandy.”

“I think if a woman is feeling aggressive, she should be aggressive and not hold back.”

“As I got older, I really got into Tupac's poetry, his books and just learning about his life and what he was into.”

“Yeah, I mean I'm a water sign. I'm a Pisces.”

“You know how a lot of people say, 'I lose myself in music,' or 'I like to escape,' but I want my music to be more of an awakening. I want it to make people to be aware of life; I don't want my music to be a distraction. I want to light a path.”

“I actually have a young readers' series that I wanna do, kind of in the same lane as a Harry Potter or Narnia or Twilight. I want to write stuff like that.”

“I just like being a regular person.”