I want to find things that challenge me..

What's not fair is having the responsibility of a supervisor but not the title or the pay..

You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that whatever your art is that ….

I'll say that I don't think you can throw a stone and not come in contact with someone who knows someone or has problems with substance abuse..

Even in my music, I am always searching for big, universal things - ways that you can sort of reach outside the norm of what you are doing..

I'm not trying to be a different weight. I want to be a different body type so that I'm not an apple. I just want to be a pear!.

Because we all come from different circumstances, our life experiences really color how we view things..

The one thing that I realize - well, not the one thing, but it was a big thing - having in my head that I need to get healthier. It's been a very gra….

As you make your way along life's tumultuous highways, it's important to note that you should always carry a map, have plenty of fuel in the tank, an….

I don't ever want to be the type of person to tell you what to think or what to believe. Whatever stage in your life that you are in, I want you to o….

I think that young women and little girls need to see that they don't have to be the damsel in distress. They don't have to not show their strength. ….

You can't be from Montgomery, Alabama, and not have a background in the church. It's at the core of who we are as a people..

I think if I weren't so squeamish, I would have been some sort of forensic analyst. And I can't do anything with a microscope, because then I start t….

Christian Louboutin, I love you, but honey, please! But when you have this much weight, you've got to give us a little platform. Sorry! The shoes are….

You never write a speech in advance because if you don't get to use it, you'll be heartbroken..

I'm attracted to things that make me want to be a better person..

It is important to learn as much as you can about the person and then throw it all away so that you're not in any way doing some sort of mimicry..

Everything happens when it's supposed to..

I do believe that everyone has something to contribute..

Only when you find the courage to say something to someone that might influence a change in your behavior, does that behavior change..

I'm starstruck everyday. The day I'm not starstruck, I'll have to retire..