Power Is Not Given To You. You

I'm Over Being A Pop Star. I Don't Wanna Be A Hot Girl. I Wanna Be Iconic. And I Feel Like I've Accomplished A Lot. I Feel Like I'm Highly Respected, Which Is More Important Than Any Award Or Any Amount Of Records. And I Feel Like There Comes A Point When Being A Pop Star Is Not Enough.

I Don't Try To Hide Our Relationship With Jay-z. There's Nothing To Hide. People See Us, But We Just Don't Talk About It, And I Think That's Absolutely Helped Us. People Give Us Space And Respect Us. The Minute You Start Talking About It, That's All People Want To Talk About. And Then The Really Big Rumors Start Happening.

Who Runs The World? Girls.

I'm Just Free. And I Can Express My Sensuality. I Can Express My Pain, Vulnerability, My Strength. All Of Those Things. Because I Had A Sheltered Upbringing Doesn't Mean I Haven't Been A Woman. I'm A Woman That Has Had Life Experiences.

Why Do You Have To Choose What Type Of Woman You Are? Why Do You Have To Label Yourself Anything? I'm Just A Woman And I Love Being A Woman. If You're Attractive Then You Can't Be Sexy, And You Can't Be Intelligent? What Is All Of That?