Sometimes, when you grow up in one of these poverty-stricken neighborhoods where the educational system isn't the best, you don't realize that you have any choices.

Learn to love yourself and all that other stuff will not matter

I feel like I've reached a point where music has become just as much a priority to me as my acting, and I'm glad to feel that way.

I love music and I love acting. I always keep that in the forefront, not all the other distractions around me.

You should never look at somebody and say, 'I wish I had their life,' because you never really know what struggles they're going through.

Be true to your heart, and if you're passionate about your dream, work towards it but don't allow your idea of how you think it should manifest prevent what's actually unfolding from happening.

I feel like you have to tell people who you are, but you don't have to be disrespectful about it. But you also don't have to be a shrinking violet.