I love when I get stories of young women that have overcome things such as birth defects that they've been hated on for or even just their own body confidence stories.

My mother wanted to name me Jackie or Jacqueline but she got to name my sister and my brother, so my dad and my brother insisted on naming me. And they were big fans of 'The Little Mermaid.'

No matter what you look like or think you look like, you're special and loved and perfect just the way you are.

There's a confidence you find when you finally feel right in your body.

I'm pretty smart with boys. I know how to handle them and I know what to do around them.

All I've ever wanted is to be normal.

I have two lovely parents who support everything I do, two siblings, and three beautiful nieces. My house is always filled with laughter and fun!

Young women grow up in a really negative world today online and in person.

I've always done pretty well in auditions. I just go in and give it my best shot.

We as women need to empower each other.

I want to continue to speak out on issues that matter to me. I want to have even more of a voice.

What a more beautiful world this would be if we didn't wait til people were dead before we honored their spirit.

Dwell purely on positive thoughts.

What you believe your future holds for you impacts your attitude, decisions and success.

Lust is temporary, romance can be nice, but love is the most important thing of all. Because without love, lust and romance will always be short-lived.

For a foreigner, L.A. is such a big, wonderful and weird place that, until you find your niche, you feel a little bit discombobulated.

Sometimes a man imagines that he will lose himself if he gives himself, and keep himself if he hides himself. But the contrary takes place with terrible exactitude.

Why did Nature create man? Was it to show that she is big enough to make mistakes, or was it pure ignorance?

Hard-core structural poverty has a counterpart at the apex: hard-core structural affluence.

It was the worst moment of my life. The producer came up and talked me back into going on stage.

Each time I play a song it seems more real.