Quotes

I still listen to tracks sometimes and hear some of the harmonies and its just amazing.

No relationship is perfect and no human being is perfect.

[on adding an extra "i" in her name] I added that in. Some people were like, 'Is it because of a legal thing?' No, because that's my name anyway. They couldn't do that.

[on her hiatus] I know I disappeared and people are like, 'What happened?' It's because, I don't really chase after fame. I don't really love red carpets. Maybe it's because of the OCD thing. They just give me a lot of anxiety...People ask me to do reality shows, but that's not me.

[on her background] I'm black and Korean...My dad's from Philadelphia. My mom is from South Korea. One side of my family has been here forever, built this country. The other part of me, my mom is from Korea, so I did deal with the immigrant experience.

[on whether Beyoncé imitated her] I wouldn't say that. A lot of people are gonna say different things, but artists, we're all in dialogue with each other. No artist is an island. You can't say, 'I have no influences.' Sometimes, people try to say 'I have an influence, the 50-year-old ones from back in the day.' But we're all influenced by old and current music. We can't get around it.

[on Ye] I always have such big ideas. That's why I love Kanye because I feel like I understand him as an artist, as far as one could when they're not that person. I feel like I have such big ideas.