I've made mistakes before of doing different projects just based on my dreams, my hopes, my thing, and not really thinking about my customers.

Never dull your shine for somebody else.

Don't chase the money... chase the passion. Because that's what is going to keep you happy and motivated and jumping out of that bed Monday morning.

I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care.

Love every part of yourself. Even the things that frustrate you. They make you who you are!

Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?

Stop saying these negative things about yourself. Look in the mirror and find something about yourself that's positive and celebrate that!

There is 3 key things for good photography: the camera,lighting and... Photoshop

I love the confidence that makeup gives me.

Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself.

You can have all the potential in world, but unless you have confidence, you have nothing.

Because a spoon is made of gold does not change the soup’s taste.

Strength is not defined by the load you bear, it’s defined by the amount you can bend before breaking.

My kids are now the most popular kids in their school.

More is not necessarily better. BETTER IS BETTER.

It's a big country out there and there are tens of millions of Americans who like what the president [Donald Trump] is doing.

There were decades I didn't play sober. I thought, Who would want to? But at some point, I decided that if it was important enough to me to keep doing it as art, I should do it with all my tools.

A peacemaker does not mean a peaceful person.

The problem is when you get forced to use ideas that aren't good. When I can filter the ideas and use the best of them, I am happy to collaborate.

What we most need in our lives, though, is something worth doing, worth it because we care.

The Big Chill is one of those things that everybody can identify with. Between eight characters, they can pick somebody who's somewhat like them