I would love to direct videos and that's what it keeps moving towards, but I have to stop being scared in order to do that..

We have African-Americans and black people getting behind the scenes more and more, we get true black images in television and film...because we have….

I feel like you have to tell people who you are, but you don't have to be disrespectful about it. But you also don't have to be a shrinking violet..

I come from a very small, poor town just outside of the Chicago area and I know what it's like to dream and accomplish some of your goals, but I woul….

Often, kids don't appreciate the choices available, as if it's either the street or nothing..

I love music and I love acting. I always keep that in the forefront, not all the other distractions around me..

I think we have to be accepting of one another, and we have to appreciate what every culture has given us and name that and accept that and empower a….

Something that was instilled in me by my parents at a very young age is that there is no happy life without a life of service. Over the course of my ….

I decided to not be so dismissive of my music in favor of my acting. Acting has been such a consistent thing for me; a lot of times in the past, I wo….

We need to stop separating ourselves by how dark or how light we are..

Actually, Keke is my nickname. When I was little, my sister was about four years old, and she had an imaginary friend named Keke. And she wanted my n….

Not being happy really is my fear..

I'm definitely a perfectionist. I started entertaining so young. I think naturally my personality is that of a perfectionist, and then on top of that….

Like my little sister and brother, I always play them my music because I want people like them to be able to relate to my music. They always know wha….

Sometimes, when you grow up in one of these poverty-stricken neighborhoods where the educational system isn't the best, you don't realize that you ha….

Doing motivational speeches and stuff like that, that's always made me feel good..

Corbin Bleu was my first kiss in life. I was 12, and he was, like, my first kiss for TV... It was on the lips!.

Singing was my first passion. Whenever I sing, I'm always so happy..

I'm a workaholic, so I ignore the signs of fatigue and just keep going and going, and then conk out when I get home. It can be pretty stressful..

I work out. I'm getting toned, too. The Wii Fit really works your body. When I get off, I'm dying..

You can do anything as long as you don't stop believing. When it is meant to be, it will be. You just have to follow your heart..