@ "I want to give people a taste of the Caribbean, and show them the fun side of me."
@ "Music is in my D.N.A.!"
@ "I saw just a little bit of Jay's face down the hall and I was just like, 'Oh my God!' I had never met a celebrity, and to meet a celebrity who's also the president of the label, that was crazy!!"
@ "If I hadn't met Evan and Carl I might have just been dreaming forever,"
@ "Dancing was always part of my culture growing up in Barbados! When I shot my 1st video I worked really hard with my choreographer to perfect the routines!"
@ "Success for me isn’t a destination it’s a journey. Everybody’s working to get to the top but where is the top? It’s all about working harder and getting better and moving up and up."
@ "My sound is really a fusion of reggae, hip-hop and R&B, with a little something different thrown in."
@ "We all chose the next single. Me, Jay-Z, Evan and Carl. There was actually a fight because there was so many second singles."
@ "I miss The Boatyard - that's my favorite club."
@ "Success for me isn’t a destination it’s a journey. Everybody’s working to get to the top but where is the top? It’s all about working harder and getting better and moving up and up."
@ "I think people are always looking for something that's new, something fresh, something different!"
@ "There’s nothing that I say “I have to make this decision”. We all make our decisions together. I’m new to this industry and these are people who have experienced it and been here and seen it all."
@ "I worked so hard on the upcoming album. Every song means something to me. I wanted to stay true to who I am and where I'm from. "
@ "I would sing in the mirror, holding a brush to my mouth like it was a microphone. The neighbors would always be complaining about how loud I was singing."
@ "I did one talent show at my high school, and I won it singing Mariah Carey's Hero."
@ "Beyonce just put the level of female entertainment all the way up there. She does acting, she has a beautiful voice and that’s really the person I look up to... that type of entertainer."
@ "When I purchase an album, I like an album where I don't have to skip any songs. That's the kind of album I tried to make. There's something on there for everyone"
@ "I'd want to collaborate with Beck, Chris Brown, Snoop and Nicole from the Pussycat Dolls"
@ "Eating icecream late at night is so bad, but I love it"
@ "When I was younger I took jazz, but the teacher yelled at me and I never went back, ever again!"
@ "I am really happy I was able to get where I am right now"
@ "I'm a tall girl, I am five nine"
@ "I got rebellious. I was being forced into an innocent image and I had to break away from it."
@ "When I left Barbados, I didn't look back."
@ "I like hanging out in tattoo shops. When I am in New York, after all the photo shoots and performances, when I should be resting, sometimes I get dressed and go to the tattoo parlors in SoHo and hang out. I am so intrigued by tattoos. It’s an entire culture, and I study it. Sometimes I go with friends or just by myself. I get bum-rushed, but I don’t care. I don’t take security."
@ "The week I was signed, in Barbados, they blew it up in the newspaper, and the catty people started saying that I had to have sex with Jay-Z in order to get my deal. I know Bajans, they always talk crap. They never like to see another Bajan succeed, no matter what. But [in America] it got out of hand when they started making a beef between me and Beyonce. Come on! Don’t you hear me speaking about how she is one of the people I look up to? In Europe, they asked, ‘Do you have his number in your phone?’ Of course, we work together! It’s crazy. I just have to let these rumors be."
@ "That was a funny situation, but I always remained humble. I was not always treated in the best manor but I always remained who I was and I was always kind in the toughest of situations. I was just the little Caribbean girl. You have to be good to people. I could very easily say it’s all karma…God has favor on me and has blessed me, and I cannot even thank Him enough."
@ "A lot of them [Bajans] hate on me, but a lot of them love me. I don’t really let the ones that hate me stop me from doing what I wanna do. They always have something to say about what I’m wearing. What I’m not wearing, like in the Umbrella video. If I wear a swimsuit on the beach, it’s a problem; they put it on the front of the newspaper and call into programs. It really annoys me when people that I try to represent and I try to put them on the map as much as I can – you know; I didn’t have to put tridents in my videos."
@ "I like bad guys. They have the most personality and make you laugh. I love that. I need to have a good time. Happiness is when I get off the phone and I am glowing. I want that person to be my light."

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