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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Forgive yourself and forgive others around you.