I surround myself with strong willed, courageous personalities, because I've got to be coached by the best.

I think I unknowingly seek people who are better than me in the sense of strength and wisdom. It's like I've got to know and trust that you have the answers and that you can carry me if needed.

Social media is driving the culture, it drives peoples minds literally.

Money is important yes, but not the most important. I don't need money to smile or breathe. I would still be breathing if all my money disappeared tomorrow.

I know when to go and when to stop. I'm the red, the yellow, and the green light. That's me in a nutshell.

The telling of a good story, especially one that is real and true, is always exciting.

I was drawn into acting due to the fact that I could express myself better. I could use my voice - my entire body - not just my looks, height, and physical expressions.

When the passion isn't there, the drive isn't there and it just doesn't last for me.

I've always been an actress, entertaining my family was the start. I'm a goof ball among many of my cousins and siblings.

Life would continue to exist and grow. Cause and effect still exist even where there is no time.

You're living in a matrix that's driven by social media. It's become glorified. You're suppose to be what you portray on social media, thats the perception.

Cynicism is when a small mind and a hurt heart rejects the hope, love, and truth of a big and caring God.

Sufis deny the absolute reality of time, space and physical form. These things are both relative and local. They only appear to be absolute.

Life is a one way journey. Don’t forget to enjoy the amazing beauty.

Sometimes violence cannot be stopped no matter what we do. But the more peaceful we are, the better chance we have of bringing out the peace in those around us.

There's never a better way of living than just improving our quality of life.

Neither is it safe to count upon the weakness of any man's understanding, who is thoroughly possessed of the spirit of revenge to sharpen his invention.

You could not be in the civil rights movement without having an appreciation for everybody's rights. That these rights are not divisible - not something men have and women don't and so on.

It will all work out in the end. You must keep faith in yourself, and leave the rest to God.

There is a world which poets cannot seem to enter. It is the world everybody else lives in. And the only thing poets seem to have in common is their yearning to enter this world.

The way I was singing the songs was jazz