I don't like the idea of something being pure. It means we have to be perfect, I don't want to be perfect.

I refuse for anyone to tell me who I am because I know who I am.

If you're on stage and you're more concerned about your dress, and then you think that the public is accessory, you got nothing to do there.

There are people who refuse to say that Africa is a continent, but that doesn't remove the fact that it is a continent.

Dream big, as long as you do it in sync with your truth, with your heart, your brain. And you are not hurting anybody, go ahead and do it.

I want to look at myself in the mirror at the end of my life and say I've done my share and I'm proud of what I've done.

I don't care about skin the color, everybody is a human being. Beneath every skin color, you bleed red. That's just the bottom line of the truth.