Don't go a full day or night without washing your face. You have to get all the dirt and makeup out of your pores.

If you're looking for inner peace from the outside world, you're not going to get that. The inner peace starts with looking at you from the inside. Understanding that everything that comes to you is what you are. Everything from friends to boyfriends to the job you get - it's all a direct reflection of what you are on the inside.

I think everyone should understand history of segregation the same way we had to go to school and read about George Washington. I believe this generation should know their history and they should know that the struggle's not over yet. For instance, you can't get the cover of a magazine if your skin is too dark.

It's not just songs and glamour. It's sweat, blood, broken toes, and mistakes... It's life.

I wouldn't adopt, but what I will do is give my time and go and try to be there for people.

I don't listen to people's opinions. I have people around me who I can trust, but most of all I listen to myself.

There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong.