“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.”

“In any relationship, there's gonna be conflict.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“Just going through a marriage and a divorce - which I essentially did by 21 - will give you an insane amount of perspective on life.”

“You get educated by traveling.”

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

“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.”

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