My parents have one rule for me: I can't do any of this if I have any C's on my report card.

When I want to treat myself, I will almost always get myself a new handbag.

[I want to be remembered] as a sweet Christian girl, who was always loving and kind to everyone.

The main message of this movie [Let It Shine] that everyone will take away is to believe in yourself.

Singing, dancing, and acting! The part [of Roxie in Let It Shine] was right up my alley. Plus, the thought of playing a rock star was like a dream for me.

I like to cook Shrimp Alfredo. It's also my favorite dish to eat!

Determination. You have to be willing to put in the extra time and the extra practice to be the best.

No matter what responses you get from your work, you have to be determined not to give up on your dreams!

My daddy. He's so funny! My whole family jokes around a lot.

My earliest memory is of the best Christmas gift ever, a toy train. I remember riding that thing all through our house.

Have confidence, do your own thing, find your talent, and work at it to be the best. And always, always have fun!

With rebellion, awareness is born

When I was growing up, I always knew that if I ever got anything, I was going to give back as much as I can. I learned that all you have to be willing to do is give your time.

It was testimony to the romantic speculation he inspired that there were whispers about him from those who had found little that it was necessary to whisper about in this world.

We are not born with courage, but neither are we born with fear.

There are things so deep and complex that only intuition can reach it in our stage of development as human beings.

When I got old enough to go to night clubs to hear that music at the age of 15.

Any celebrity that goes on Twitter and spouts off, as if we should care what they say, is opening himself or herself up to ridicule by anyone else.

Nobody died. how can you kill an idea? How can you kill the personification of an action?" "Then what died? who are you mourning?" "A point of view.

My fame will outshine that of Victor Hugo or Napoleon

The desire to live in our imagination is driven by this suspicion that we're disembodied sensibilities cobbled into our bodies. That idea has infused most of human thought since the very beginning.