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.

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 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.

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

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

An exhausted parent can’t provide the best care, although occasionally, we have all had to do so.

Love is like an unfathomable idea. An idea that is slightly above euphoria, yet a fingers width from heaven.

Where they make a desert they call it peace.

I got into acting because my teachers kept nudging me into it. The power a teacher has to influence someone is so great. I can't think of a profession I have more respect for.

You know, I'm part of that first MTV generation.

Take every job. Learn everybody's name. Show up early. Know who you are and know who you're not. Stop dreaming and start trying.

I look at it [Scream movie] and think, wow, I can't believe I wrote that at such a young age. I also look at it and go, ohhh ouch, that dialogue, whoa.

There's a harsh reality - nothing lasts forever. You have to be ready to grow, and grow fast.

Evil people naturally assume that you will use that power exactly as they would use it.

Bill Walton is incredible. If you drop a toothpick on his foot, he'll have a stress fracture.