Raven-Symone Quotes

I have people come onstage and ask me questions and I get to meet them. That's one of the reasons I like it. When you're performing, when you're doing your movies, they're not there with you.

There is always something new to learn. There is always something new that I am learning and I wanna share it with the world.

I'm growing as a person, so everything around me is changing.

I'm an American; I'm not an African-American. I'm an American.

Make sure that your song is fun and catchy. Make sure that you enjoy singing, and drink tea.

Don't put your all into someone if they treat you like dirt.

Singing is just another outlet to express what I feel and to show everyone who I really am. I really don't talk about my personal life that much in interviews because that's my life, but with music, the way I write explains who I am.

I want to be labeled 'a human who loves humans.'

Forgive yourself and forgive others around you.

I can finally get married! Yay government! So proud of you.

Everybody takes breaks, and I decided to take mine. I wanted a chance to wake up at two in the afternoon and not be a subject of entertainment. I wanted to be a human being. At certain times and certain years, I felt like the Energizer bunny. That gets old very quickly.

I find it funny that people now come up to me and say, 'Wow, you are absolutely gorgeous. I'm like, 'I was beautiful before I lost weight. Egotistically speaking, I thought I was amazing.'

There are a lot of people in each spot that you don't really know. I work with them that day, and move on and find new people. So purging and cleansing your friend list every day.

Don't spend all of your time trying to be like someone else because you can never be them and they can never be you.

Friendship is a give and take. You have to have a strong relationship with your friend and I think you have to offer them something and they have to offer you something and that’s to always learn from it.

He's a very funny and very nice man. When you read the script, you want to stick with it. But when you're with Eddie Murphy you've got to improvise. He's always making jokes and making me crack up when the camera's on.

I never said I wasn’t Black… I want to make that very clear. I said, I am not African-American. I never expected my personal beliefs and comments to spark such emotion in people. I think it is only positive when we can openly discuss race and being labeled in America.

I used to breed poodles. I liked them because they were fluffy and so cute - and honestly, they make a lot of money when you sell them!

Know that you were made [the way you are] for a reason.

My parents are my role models. I also love Halle Berry, Robert DeNiro, Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Tom Cruise and Jennifer Lopez. When I see their work, I get engulfed in it. They really capture me.

Knowing that I make somebody's day better is all that matters at the end of the day.

I believe you should be comfortable in your skin no matter what you go through - emotionally or whatever - as long as youre healthy.

I think our society is all about judgment, which is so rude and disrespectful.

I'm very fortunate to have parents who have kept me grounded, so I hopefully won't end up in a bad situation when I grow up.

I am obsessed with my hairstyles.

You should embrace who you are, and make the best person that you can be, not what somebody else wants you to be.

My perfect guy right now would be a mannequin - one that comes alive only when I need him to!