I think in society we tend to put ourselves in boxes and corners and restrict ourselves, and we constantly feel the need to not say this or not wear this.

I mean, a lot of the times I think I'm seen as a bad girl, and I think that's because I'm so open.

You can never regret anything you do in life. You kind of have to learn the lesson from whatever the experience is and take it with you on your journey forward.

The only thing I'm looking for in life is incredible passion and honest love, no matter what options are on the table. All I really operate on is the way I feel in my heart when it comes to love.

When you start to realize life isn't fair, what do you do: curl up and die or fight every second of the way?

I would rather be hated every damn day of my life for being real than loved for being something I'm not.

I have a very pop voice, but there's so much of me I associate mostly with urban music, so I try to blend the two.

I can't always live my life for everybody else.

Danity Kane' was a wonderful group, and like all things, nothing is forever. We had a great run and we were very successful.

You know, entertainment is just a curtain at the end of the day.

You know, I never fight for corporate America.

Only your children’s grandchildren may remember our stories, but the stories are not what makes a life. It’s living with a smile and a free spirit that will ripple throughout the stars.

Books can truly change our lives: the lives of those who read them, the lives of those who write them. Readers and writers alike discover things they never knew about the world and about themselves.

She was Black before it was fashionable to be Black.

There were no fear of death in children’s eyes because they had seen hanging, stoning to death and chopping heads in playgrounds and parks.

My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that's never been explained.

Music is a secret and unconscious mathematical problem of the soul.

My fans are all my girlfriends

The middle-aged woman is the ground bed of the audience that watches television and yet they are absolutely invisible.

It’s a shame...you just don’t see young people doing anything outside these days.