We're African-American and we work together as a family, so people assume we're like the Jacksons. But I didn't have parents using me to get out of a bad situation.
If I weren't performing, I'd be a beauty editor or a therapist. I love creativity, but I also love to help others. My mother was a hairstylist, and they listen to everyone's problems - like a beauty therapist!
I wanted to be famous for my music and my talent, and I always wished I could cut it out when I left the stage.
There are a lot of things I never did, because I believe in watching those true Hollywood stories and I see how easy it is to lose track of your life.
You know what, I'm very attracted to someone who makes me laugh and is that charming. Really, I could be charmed by anyone. I'm just a sucker for somebody that is charming.
Diana Ross is a big inspiration to all of us. We all grew up watching everything about her - her mike placement, her grace, her style and her class.
I've worn dresses from all different price ranges, and the thing that couture dresses have in common is that the fit is amazing.
I am really proud that I am one of the artists that has the opportunity to be on magazine covers and to be in the movies.
I don't like to gamble, but if there's one thing I'm willing to bet on, it's myself.Collection: Inspirational
If everything was perfect you would never learn and you would never grow.Collection: Inspirational
Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone to tell you who you are.Collection: Being Yourself
Happiness comes from you. No one else can make you happy. You make you happy.Collection: Make You Happy
Spread positivity; don't matter how big, or how small.Collection: Positivity
I think it's important for women to be around other women and learn from each other.Collection: Thinking
I was thinkin if I cheated on my fears, broke up with my doubts, got engaged to my faith. I can marry my dreams.Collection: Dream
If you work hard, whatever you want, it will come to you. I know that's easier said than done, but keep trying.Collection: Hard Work
You can't appreciate the good times without the bad ones.Collection: Appreciate
Imperfections make you more beautiful.Collection: Beautiful
Independnce comes from you knowing who you are and you being happy with yourself.Collection: Knowing Who You Are
It's easy to hear the voices of others and often very difficult to hear your own. Every person you meet is going to want something different from you. The question is: what do you want for yourself?Collection: Voice
Do what you were born to do. You just have to trust yourself.Collection: Inspirational
Me, myself and I. That's all I got in the end.Collection: Ends
Beauty fades. Your spirit is forever.Collection: Forever
Power is not given to you. You have to take it.Collection: Inspirational
The more you mature, you realize that this imperfections make your more beautiful.Collection: Inspirational
I'm no longer afraid of conflict, and I don't think conflict is a bad thing.Collection: Thinking
Embrace your past, but live for now.Collection: Past
My mother always taught me to be strong and to never be a victim. Never make excuses. Never expect anyone else to provide for me things I know I can provide for myself.Collection: Mother
I embrace mistakes, they make you who you are.Collection: Mistake
Everyone's not good at everything, it's ok to depend on someone.Collection: Depends
If you are with the right person, it brings out the best version of you.Collection: Persons
A woman is most beautiful when she smiles.Collection: Beauty
A woman is most beautiful when she smiles. Other than that, the most valuable tip I've learned is always use a skin moisturiser!Collection: Beauty
Most women don't want to take the time to figure out their style. It's okay to experiment a little bit, but don't get too far from what looks good on you.Collection: Style
I feel like my body is borrowed and this life is very temporary.Collection: Body
Women have to work much harder to make it in this world. It really pisses me off that women don't get the same opportunities as men do, or money for that matter. Because lets face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define our values and to define what's sexy and what's feminine and that's bullshit. At the end of the day, it's not about equal rights, it's about how we think. We have to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves.Collection: Inspiring
The incomparable Michael Jackson has made a bigger impact on music than any other artist in the history of music. He was magic. He was what we all strive to be. He will always be the King of Pop! Life is not about how many breaths you take, but about how many moments in life that take your breath away. For anyone who has ever seen, felt or heard his art, we are all honored to have been alive in this generation to experience the magic of Michael Jackson. I love you, Michael.Collection: Art
Love is so blind, it feels right when it's wrong.Collection: Love Is
It is so liberating to really know what I want, what truly makes me happy, what I will not tolerate. I have learned that it is no one else's job to take care of me but me.Collection: Inspirational
You have to feel fortunate to be one of the people whom parents don't mind their children looking up to. The older I get, the more I think about the amount of influence I have on these young girls, and it's scary sometimes. But I also understand how lucky I am to have that.Collection: Girl
My mom has always told me that beauty fades but inner beauty is forever. There's nothing more beautiful than a woman [who] takes care of [herself].Collection: Beautiful
But I don't know what guys I like because I haven't been out with enough to know. I'm still learning.Collection: Guy
I'm over being a pop star. I don't wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic.Collection: Inspiring
Baby it's you. You're the one I love. You're the one I need. You're the only one I see.Collection: Song
There's definitely a dangerous feeling when you're in love-it's giving your heart to someone else and knowing that they have control over your feelings. I know for me, who always tries to be so tough, that's the dangerous thing.Collection: Love
I like guys who are cool and laid-back.Someone who works really hard and has goals but who I can be silly with. Looks are not important to me.Collection: Silly
We need to stop buying into the myth about gender equality. It isn't a reality yet. Today, women make up half of the U.S. workforce, but the average working woman earns only 77 percent of what the average working man makes. But unless women and men both say this is unacceptable, things will not change.Collection: Reality
I don't really have any different cravings from the ones that I had before. I've always liked food that is not good for you, and I still do. But I think I've been really good with eating healthy. I think probably the biggest thing is french fries, but that's nothing new. Right now, I'm trying to force myself to drink water with lemon. Bo-ring.Collection: Pregnancy