I would just listen to the complaints about what I do instead of celebrating what I do, and that I'm different and in my own lane. It took a while for me to just ignore the doubts.

Tell me I can't so I can show you I CAN!

When you don't know how beautiful you are, you will always be in search of happiness.

Be careful of who and what you let into your space. Not everyone is worthy of your presence.

Let your work speak for you.Stay humble.And just DO the work.

There ain't a wrong time or a wrong place to flaunt. If you feel good, then go on and show it off!

I study a lot of the greats; I study the current people out now and what people are listening to now. I don't shun anything away; I just check it all out and make my own judgment.

I'm not competing with anyone, or begging someone to love me. I feel like I'm loved and I deserve to be where I am.

I'm known for long colorful locs but I still don't take my hair too seriously. Changing it helps express who I am.

So in every sense, from an independent artist to a major label artist, you just have to have great product, great faith and great people, they all go together.

Know the business you're in for whatever you do, know it and understand how it works so you can be successful.

we hear brilliant and great suggestions when failure comes our way

Every breath is a sacred life.

I saw a street car conductor today with one brown eye and one blue. Wouldn't he make a nice villain for a detective story?

It is the unexpected and the surprise quality of a personal vision, rather than the emotion, which make people respond to a photograph.

We are not making a capital investment into GM as the first element or condition.

Humanity needs a vision of an expanding and unending future.

It is hard to try and find a rhythm when you're only out there for short spurts, but it's fine.

So many people aren't ready for Hollywood - professionally or practically.

The cowslip is a country wench.

Every season, really, has their own chemistry.