Amerie In Honey Magazine

On Love and War.
"It's pretty much about the ups and downs in a relationship. Not so much the ups, but it's more about the downs of the relationship or coming to the other side after going through trials and tribulations. It's definitely a less idealized viewpoint of relationships - just the things that we go through to grow as individuals, being individuals and being in a relationship and what that means.

It's pretty personal. I mean [the album is about] things that I've gone through, my history of past relationships. There's also stories from lots of my friends and their issues in their relationships. I wanted each song to have a facet of a relationship. It's not like the entire album is one relationship. It could be, but it also could be different relationships. I wanted each song to tell a specific story. So it was really important to make sure I kept that in mind when I was writing, so I didn't go off and become too varied and lose what the story was.

On staying true to herself
I always made a decision early on that I wouldn't try to forget who I really am, that I wouldn't try to just lose myself in everything. I'm not into secret marriages or big relationships for press and all those things. I'm into just doing me, being me and creating my music. And that's it. People happen to take a picture of me walking around, that's cool. None of those things bother me. As long as I don't lose my sense of what's real. Whatever that means, as long as I have my own sense of me then everything can just be put into perspective.

On connecting with her fans
I always reach out to me fans. When I first came out, I had my own website and I would do an update. A lot of people weren't doing that. Some were, but not a whole lot. It was more like posting a paragraph about what's going on. And now with Twitter and everything, it's just like a constant influx of information from everyone, you know? I do have a Twitter account and I definitely do use it." -The YBF

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