Canada was my whole world and my whole reality, and now I meet people who've never been there, and it's like, 'You've never been to my whole world?'

I like to mix and match vintage with designer. It's how I create my own style.

I've never been an all-black girl. I like pinks and blues and greens. If you come over to my closet, you'll be able to find a rainbow of things to wear.

I waited for my first kiss.

I guess there's a part of you that always wants to try something a little bit different than what you’ve done before.

One of my favorite things to make is homemade sushi. I know how to make the rolls and it's really fun to do.

What I like is a life that is full of surprises and [that has] no routine.

I like when the song starts to take over and you feel like you have to dance more than write.

Life's too much fun to have it go in just one direction.

For nighttime or for an event, I'm all about the nice heel. Something that's still walkable but definitely very elegant.

I went to a Canadian college for performing arts and then I auditioned for Canadian Idol. That honestly was my golden ticket.

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.

I was getting an A for work. But not for talent. The story of my life.

If I couldn't sleep, I could read.

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.

Here's to democracy. May we get the government we deserve.

Black revolutionaries do not drop from the moon. We are created by our conditions. Shaped by our oppression.

There are so many demands on your time, on your resources, and on the prestige of the government.

Many environmental questions are in a deep way philosophical, despite our penchant for treating them as if they were only technological, economic, or whatever.

I do find acting cathartic.

Nature’s constantly screaming with all its shapes and scents: love each other! Love each other! Do as the flowers. There’s only love.