I Really Don't Listen To Anyone That

You're Just So Excited That You Have This Record Deal Or This Movie Opportunity That You Don't Stand Up For Yourself And Say, This Is What I Want To Do.

I Really Don't Listen To Anyone That I'm Not Proud Of Saying That I Listen To. Even If It's Something A Little Bit More Unexpected, I Didn't Get Too Deep Into The Waka, Gucci Records, But I Like Those With Pride.

I'm A Fan Of Hip-hop And I Love It, I By No Means Am An Expert On It.

I Always Have Looked At "indie" As A Term Of "independence." Never Associated A Sonic Gesture With That In The Same Way That Pop Music Has Always Meant "popular" To Me It Didn't Define A Sound. And I Think Now That Has Been The Context For Things. If Something Is Indie, It Almost Has This Sonic Association With It, Or Pop Has Become This Term Of Shame Almost, Like, Bubblegum Sweet Pop.

Our Mother Always Taught Us To Be In Control Of Our Voice And Our Bodies And Our Work, And She Showed Us That Through Her Example. If She Conjured Up An Idea, There Was Not One Element Of That Idea That She Was Not Going To Have Her Hand In. She Was Not Going To Hand That Over To Someone. And I Think It's Been An Interesting Thing To Navigate, Especially Watching You Do The Same In All Aspects Of Your Work: Society Labels That A Control Freak, An Obsessive Woman, Or Someone Who Has An Inability To Trust Her Team Or To Empower Other People To Do The Work, Which Is Completely Untrue.