On Branching Off Into Dance Music
I remember starting the work of the book and it was when I simply worked with David Guetta and everybody`s like, "Oh, she`s doing dance music." I was like, "Oh, God here we go." You try one thing out and so they put you now in a family and for me that`s not what music is about. I loved it. It was a cause for me. It was besides an opportunity to extend an audience as well. [I'm not trying to remain there] but I`m also not trying to run from there either. It`s a grace to be capable to do both.
I can go do a book with [Lil] Wayne and go do a book with David and it merely makes you an artist. It makes you a genuine artist and I guess that`s what I appreciate. Even with what Chris Brown has done with his record. One of my favorite songs on my playlist right now is "Beautiful People." I know that book and when I heard it, I was annoyed that it wasn`t mine because it gave me the like spirit I felt when I did "When Love Takes Over." That was such a beautiful feeling and I was so glad for Chris because then he flipped on another book and it`s "See at the Now." All this crazy swagger and I`m like "I know you boo-boo!"
On David Guetta & Popularity of Euro-Pop
It`s just really cool because I take to establish mention when credit is due. I`m so glad that David and I got a fortune to collaborate. I was the first artist in America to try that. It hasn`t been done in a minute, it was me, Will.I.Am and Akon that worked with David first, now everybody is like, "Oh yeah, let`s go together." I`m not mad at that, at all because I believe that it makes you beforehand of the game.
On Motivation
I`m really mad about the record. I suppose the most beautiful thing around the show is that it happened so organically in the studio with Jim Johnson, Rico Love_I told Rico I cherished a sexy record and he was similar on his cool s-t in the studio. I was like "Oh, my God!" It just felt good. After I recorded it, I listened to it in the truck. I be in Miami and I was riding around Miami and said, "Gosh, I could hear someone on it," and immediately Wayne jumped in my head. I hadn`t worked with Wayne since forever, since "Soldier." Two years afterward I went to a [Miami] Heat game and what do you know, Wayne was there. I was like "Dude, we want to talk." I got a risk to fill up with him, we talked and hung out in the studio. I was sort of organic how it happened. He told me, "I listened to the book all day, today." I`m like, "Perfect." I`m glad he loved it, that`s great coming from another peer. So, when he sent it backward to me I just screamed the whole time.
On Her Celebrity Friends
I`ve been friends with Serena [Williams] for about 8 years. Lala [Vazquez] I`ve known since the source of my calling actually. I recollect when she interviewed Destiny`s Child and then we had mutual friends and we stayed friends and we`ve been friends for a long time.
I`m proud of every female in my life, from Beyonce, Michelle [Williams], Solange [Knowles], Angie, Rena, Lala, all of them. I remember what I know the most about them all is that hustle spirit. I think that it becomes infectious in your group.
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