The New Black doesn’t blame other races for our issues. The New Black dreams and realizes that it’s not a pigmentation: it’s a mentality and it’s either going to work for you, or it’s going to work against you. And you’ve got to pick the side you’re going to be on.

I like to browse and just hang in bookstores.

Failure is not always a bad thing. You just have to be smart while you're in the middle of it. You're in the eye of the tornado of like disappointment to know that it's just a storm and it'll pass.

I'm just very thankful. And I say that a lot because that's the most important message.

And when I say equality, I mean equality for everybody. Who are you telling who they can marry and who they can’t? What is this? This is 2014.

I'm very lazy, it's just that I love music and I love the things that I get to do. That's why I feel so blessed.

I just like being a kid. I enjoy it, I don't want to grow up.