You get educated by traveling.

Everyone talks about how, in your 30s, all of these growing pains transition into wisdom and you feel more self-assured and confident, but I think I had a bit of a jump-start on that at 27.

I'm happy that I have a beautiful, wonderful, amazing child who's made me a better person.

Anytime fashion and music go hand-in-hand and it really is an organic fit, it's amazing.

Beyonce has set the tone as an aunt. I've set the tone as a mom.

You get educated by traveling.

It's so sad, actually, how teachers and parents tell their kids, 'You're never gonna be anything.'

I'd rather be the cool aunt than the authoritative aunt.

Every mom believes her kid's school doodles are amazing, and I'm no different.

Opening Ceremony is my number one favorite place to shop here. It's the only place I'll shop in New York with my son. All of the sales people are so cool; the music is great; it's just like a big fun house, so he stays entertained.

Mainstream media tends to showcase a very specific kind of Mardi Gras, but my experience of Mardi Gras is very different; it's very cultural.

There are a lot of historical lofts in Houston, and it's amazing for me that a lot of them were built in the 1920s. I love the exposed bricks and the very industrial stuff.

In any relationship, there's gonna be conflict.

When you take care of yourself, you're a better person for others. When you feel good about yourself, you treat others better.

My mom's best friend growing up was diagnosed with AIDS, and he basically raised me when my mom was launching her business. Although I didn't understand at the time what HIV or AIDS was, I knew that's what he passed away from.

The Hadley Street Dream is a tribute to making a vision come to life. My father built a compound on a dessert city block, he saw something in that space we couldn't see. It was years later the album was born right there on Hadley St. He built the studio I started recording the album at.

Fashion is a strange world sometimes. Amazing, but strange.

I'd rather be the protector than the protected. I'm naturally the protector - being a mother and having a famous family. You have to navigate when it's right to protect.

When you think back in history about producers and artists or writers who've had good synergy, a lot of times they date, or they're married, or there's a friendship and a kinship.

My beauty ethos? Well, I'd love to tell you it's something like 'less is more,' but honestly, it all starts with happiness. If only someone could bottle that up - when I'm happy, I'm at my most radiant and glowing. It does me better than any product ever could. And I stand by how cheesy and cliched that sounds.

For me, I always have looked at 'indie' as a term of 'independence.' Never associated a sonic gesture with that in the same way that pop music has always meant 'popular' to me; you know, it didn't define a sound.

My ultimate beauty icon is Diana Ross.

Any decision I make is based on myself, and the only person I have to give an explanation to is God.