Believe in yourself when nobody else does.

I had to learn how to trust my gut. Trust what I know to be right... not right, but not waver on who I am. Know who I am, know what I want, and know it. Not waver on it and be secure in that. And I still struggle with it. But I really... I can't be moved. You can't move me, and that all comes with loving myself, and I'm like my best buddy.

My responsibility to God is to live. That's the gift he gave me. What I do with it is up to me.

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 listen to gospel music.

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.

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