To me, success is making a positive difference through art - making art that affects the world and that changes the way people feel about themselves and the world.

I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up and moving on even if I have a broken heart.

I'm really into kind of finding different masculine pieces and making them feminine. Like cool oxfords.

I love a cool bralette paired with a high-waisted jean, maybe with Chanel suspenders and a good platform shoe.

If you're a boxer, you have your trainer. As an actor, I have Ivana Chubbuck. She's my teacher as an actress and in this crazy thing called life.

I love being on tour I love being on the road. It's the most amazing feeling ever. I live for it I love it.

I'm happy when I have, like, one fan, but the fact that I'm getting fans from different places and different communities, it's really amazing.

When you're changing your diet, or you're becoming a vegan, your system will become a bit more sensitive, and you just have to deal with it.

I'm an activist. I'm a proud activist. So I want to be someone who is pro-black and pro-Africa and still be somebody that has positive influence.

I think that with beauty, people jump to the end instead of starting from the beginning with a good lotion or prep.

I think the hardest thing to do in a relationship is something for yourself.

Nothing is a sin when you obey the orders of a priest

I just want to pour my soul out on someone and not have to worry about the mess I’ve made.

Just telling the facts are no longer enough. You now have to be persuasive, charismatic, interesting, and funny. Just telling people things isn't enough anymore.

Life is what happens when you're doing other things, right?

Reading a poem in translation is like kissing a woman through a veil.

Freedom should always be discussed within the context of responsibility.

We are increasingly recognising and accepting, respecting and celebrating, our cultural diversity.

My approach is that all policy ought to be evidence-based.

Amazon is evil, like anything big, but we can't help if it flows the very center of literature.

The conductor's stand is not a continent of power, but rather an island of solitude.