Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It keeps us honest.

We, as human beings, have the capacity for extreme cruelty.

I've had somebody say, "I want you at my wedding, but I don't want you to pull focus, so wear jeans!" Losing my anonymity is something that's proving to be very challenging.... It's good for your soul to walk around unnoticed; there's so much you can't do when everybody knows who you are. And I so miss those little things.

I realized that beauty was not a thing that I could acquire or consume, it was something that I just had to be.

I feel privileged that people are looking up to me and perhaps a dream will be born because of my presence.

To be human is to seek perfection, and find joy in never attaining it.

European standards of beauty are something that plague the entire world - the idea that darker skin is not beautiful, that light skin is the key to success and love. Africa is no exception.