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" I want every day to be life for the living, not just traipsing through it existing. I'm just interested in life and the world and exploring. "

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" God is my homeboy. Jesus is my homeboy. "

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" I realized there was racism because people thought, 'Oh, if you like roll 'n' roll, that makes you like a white kid.' "

" I have my dad's shape. No booty. "

" I don't eat bad food. I probably just eat too much food, and I think a lot of people do. "

" I really don't know how to be anyone else, and whenever I try to be anyone else, I fail miserably. Or I disappoint myself. It doesn't build my self-esteem, and it doesn't help me grow me at all. "

" When I was around 18, I looked in the mirror and said, 'You're either going to love yourself or hate yourself.' And I decided to love myself. That changed a lot of things. "

" I think as far as the music industry is concerned, it's kind of been the wild, wild West in a way with the Internet, which is not necessarily a bad thing to me. "

" I'm not allowed to get a big head, I've still got to do the simple things in life. "

" Every woman is a queen, and we all have different things to offer. "

" I've hosted the Soul Train awards, the American Music Awards... and I had my own talk show. So if I can't host by now, what the hell can I do? "

" A lot of people are crazy, cruel and negative. They got a little too much time on their hands to discuss everybody else. I have a limited amount of energy to blow in a day. I'd rather read something that I like or watch a program I enjoy or ride my damn motorcycle or throw back a couple of shots of tequila with my friends. "

" I know people who are twice as creative as I am, twice as smart, but they didn't do anything because they feared going into a room and opening their mouths. My parents told me to truly accomplish things in my life, there would be times I would have to stand alone. It may be scary, but that's what it requires. "

" I love Ralph Lauren, just as a designer. I still think he could make some better sizes with his clothes, but I like the idea of his classic American style. "

" A confident woman is a sexy woman, in my opinion. And I think guys find that to be the same way. "

" I want to see 10 female rappers getting regular rotation. It can't be all about a man's opinion. "

" Sometimes you do have to bank on yourself. You do have to believe in your ideas enough to really get out there and fight for it despite what people think of some young kids from the hood. "

" Two records put me over the top with hip-hop. One of them was 'Planet Rock,' and the other had no lyrics - it was called 'Numbers,' from a group called Kraftwerk. Every kid in the 'hood in New York and New Jersey was popping, locking, and breaking to that record. It was the hottest track on the street at the time. "

" Always follow your own path. "

" I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do. "

" I'm proud of everything I do, but I think I'm the most happy about becoming a rapper. It was my entrance into everything. That helped me get into acting. "

" I used to do school plays. I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess. "

" I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female. "

" I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it. "

" I wish every woman would love herself and embrace what she was given naturally. "

" Having Black hair is unique in that Black women change up styles a lot. You can walk down one street block in New York City and see 10 different hairstyles that Black women are wearing: straight curls, short cuts, braids - we really run the gamut. "

" I was not born a size 2. I'm not skinny, period. I'm not willing to sleep with the director or step on somebody else's neck to get the job. "

" There are times you can't really see or even feel how sweet life can be. Hopefully its mountains will be higher than its valleys are deep. I know things that are broken can be fixed. Take the punch if you have to, hit the canvas and then get up again. Life is worth it. "

" To me, hip hop will never be right until female rappers have a stronger voice in it. "