What International Women's Day represents to me is a time that gives women their position, honor, and respect, which represents empowerment to all of us.

In my music, I'm uncensored, which has helped me stand out as a female artist.

Lauryn Hill inspired me so much. She had that whole women's empowerment vibe in all of her songs back when that didn't even exist.

Supporting other girls and other women in your surroundings - it could be anything, not necessarily music - it is you giving back to the world.

What faith has not been used by demagogues as a club over somebody's head?

We are so accustomed to love on a human level that we find loving God for Himself either impossible or beyond our capabilities. We tend to love those who appeal to us, render us a service, or are good to us. In the degree they perform these various services, we love them.

God gave us the earth. We have dominion over the plants, the animals, the trees.

My dad was a Muslim and would pray five times a day. I would pray with him as much as I could, in the morning before school. Sometimes he would tell us moralistic tales about genies, magic carpets and wondrous lands. My mother is not religious - she's just English.