I had a nanny growing up in Morocco, and my parents encouraged me to put myself in her shoes sometimes.

I like anti-hero women. Negative female characters interest me.

When you become a 'public person,' I find it very difficult to keep following social media. It is too harsh, too violent. I only read newspapers online.

I think maternal instinct is a male construct that has been used for centuries to keep women in their place, at home.

Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.

When I'm depressed is when I'm not interested in writing anything, whereas some people, I think, are spurred to creativity through their personal experiences and through depression. And for me, it's a very low place, and it's not fruitful.

That's something I can never lose: my love for the art of rap. As I grew older and became more interested in song writing, it just pushed my possibilities further. I always have to have a foot firmly on the floor as a rapper, because that's how I started.

Food to me, in one word, is 'creativity' or 'expression.' It's simply, 'This is who I am at this point in time, and this is what I want to cook for you.'