I wanted 'Formation' to be a woman empowerment song, but Beyonce made it into a culture empowerment song.

It started off with me being all the way influenced by Atlanta and southern music but I knew my sound had to grow - I started learning melodies.

A lot of times, older people don't get the new generation.

Me and Future, we did 'Dirty Sprite,' 'Ain't No Way Around It,' 'Turn on the Lights.' Every time we record, we're setting bars.

In my family, there was one parent you asked for money and the other for permission to do things. You could never get both out of one parent.

Upon graduation, believe it or not, I had no job. I had no interviews. I had no prospects. I had no worries. What I did have, I had passion. I had enormous passion. I had passion for financial markets. I had fallen in love with financial markets.

You must respect people, and you must respect money. My father said to me: 'When you respect money, money will respect you.'

I grew up in a two-parent household. We all played sports, all sports, which cost a lot of money. My pops was an attorney; he went to College of the Holy Cross with Clarence Thomas. My mom worked a bit, then gradually came home and took care of us full time.