In a couple of years, I'll be the most glamorous woman, hopefully.

A good night's sleep is always the best way to wake up and go to work.

Five years from now I see myself still working hard to get where I want to be, because I think big.

You learn to be comfortable in your own skin, and your body changes throughout life, so you can't sweat the small stuff.

Accept yourself, love yourself.

I'm my own person, and I want people to know me for who I am.

I don't like to fly. What's it called when the plane shakes? Turbulence, takeoffs... I grab my chair, close my eyes, count to 30, breathe, and pray.

Don't be afraid to express yourself through fashion!

I don't want to be known as the black model. I want to be recognized as Chanel Iman, a personality.

My taste in music originates from my culture and heritage, and from traveling the world and listening to all kinds of fun sounds and bits.

It takes time to be who you really want to be. It doesn't happen overnight.

It is the people who are afflicted with ungodliness and injustice that would cry unto the Lord for change.

The brain is a material thing, something you can hold in your hands. The mind is an immaterial thing, something only the Universe can hold.

Remind yourself: you are not your thoughts or feelings

I never had a chance to learn how to drive.

Most people chasing their dreams don't see the bigger picture, they just see the silhouette. Make the vision real!

I have learned and dismantled all the words in order to draw from them a single word: Home.

Matter can never give you joy. It's the Spirit that gives you joy.

Milton, of all people, gave the most perfect definition of the state of mind required to play jazz: ' with wanton heed and giddy cunning.' That's how you play jazz.

We can affect people around us so much with our moods. A depressed person can make a room gloomy and a sweet nature can cause the lion to lie down with the lamb.

Britons still commemorate the Battle of Cable Street in London. There are still pop songs in Britain that reference Sir Oswald Mosley and his black shirts.