It's challenging to find an identity as a young person if you don't have the sustenance of love, because you're being shipped around.

I wish I had an extra day with my mom sometimes. Or another hour in the day with my family, husband and children.

It's OK showing yourself some love.

It was only for two years, and I jumped from family to family. It's very scary.

Negative words are powerful boomerangs so be careful what you say about people and yourself.

As a kid, I was in love with Michael Jackson, and I just knew I was going to marry him someday.

I used to think I was ugly. I thought I looked like a camel. A person who doesn't love themselves, they will see anything that pops up on their face. I've seen squirrels, I've seen a bird, and I've seen all kinds of animals on my face. But that is the result of self-hate. I've learned to say: 'You know what? I am a beautiful black woman'.