When I think about my Glamazon, would that character get down if someone said her thighs were heavy? No, she knows what other people think is none of her damn business.

Life is about using the whole box of crayons.

When the going gets tough, the tough reinvent.

The world is your catwalk, so just remember this when you're out there.

When you become the image of your own imagination, it's the most powerful thing you could ever do.

If you can't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?

Be yourself. Know your proportions. And have a good tailor.

Haters gonna hate, but here are the only words you need for them. Sashay, away.

Anybody who can step out of the house with a pair of heels and some lipstick on their lips is my hero.

Negativity is basically laziness. It takes a lot of hard work to remain positive, but positivity always pays off.

my goal is to always come from a place of love ...but sometimes you just have to break it down for a motherfucker

...there ain't no journey what don't change you some.

It’s your call. You want to go back home, go ahead. But if I were you, I wouldn’t. Home is death.

Curing cancer affects good cells in short run too but makes a life flourish in long term. Curing corruption affects good people in short run too but makes a nation flourish in long term.

The woman of her dreams went into her arms without shame or awkwardness as the boldness of Love overcame them both.

I was on TV for almost sixteen weeks during American Idol. It's at the point now where it's old.

I can't relax. I'm not happy unless I'm working on stuff. 'SNL' is always a huge workload, as enjoyable as it is.

Because it is there [famous explanation for wanting to climb Mount Everest].

Sometimes you've got to go to the wrong place just to show that you're not afraid to go there.

Iconic artists are never straight ahead. Michael Jackson loved Elvis and Burt Bacharach, and uniquely blended both of them into what he did.

I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself.