I'm a Christian girl. I pray every night and before meals and before I go on stage not to fall.

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.

Accepting our pain is a way to say we treasure the sacred gift of life — run to your pain.

Your sky is full of stars and my arms too short to reach a piece to call my own

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. (Don't overdo it.)

My wife and I just celebrated our twelfth anniversary. I'm Catholic so there's no real possibility of divorce. I'm Irish - so there is the possibility of murder.

I'm inspired by the work of those (and sometimes even the people themselves) who strive to inspire.

One of the big things that I focus on is not having regrets, just taking every opportunity I have and going for it.

Personally, I always just want people to enjoy themselves and experience something that they wouldn't normally experience.

Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more powerful agent for destruction than it is.

Compost makes houseplants very happy.