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" Who knows, maybe I'll be a basketball player one day? No, I'm definitely never going to be a basketball player. I have no hand-eye coordination. "

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" I embrace my darker skin - always have, always will. In addition, I believe black women have always been trailblazers and trendsetters. Acknowledgement or not, we are and always have been beautiful. "

" Sometimes people won't be able to relate to you if you look like you're straight out of a full blown 'Vogue' magazine every time they see you. "

" Everyone has their own style. It's unique; no one person's style is wrong. "

" My mom never let me dye my hair, and I would beg her every single day. When I was 16, I told her I wanted to dye it purple, and she let me - probably because she never thought I'd actually do it. Then I just stuck with it. "

" I kind of came about at the same time as Instagram, and it becomes, like, your portfolio. When people search who you are, they search Instagram, and I feel like people aren't even using Google anymore. "

" I'm trying different things, and I'm comfortable with who I am and not afraid of showing my confidence through my style. "

" When you're arguing with a fool, you're the fool for even going back and forth. "

" I would describe my style as sexy, cosy, chic street-wear. "

" When I was working on 'Everyday Living,' I was going through a breakup. "

" I'm confident in who I am, and I'm not doing anything wrong. I'm just being myself: being comfortable with my body, comfortable with my sound, and I'm figuring out who I am. "

" It all started with social media, building a fan base via Tumblr and YouTube, doing covers, and releasing a project with original music. Labels started to peel interest then. It was around the same time I was applying for college. "

" My family is from Flatbush, but I grew up in Fort Greene-Clinton Hill area. "

" Growing up, it was always a huge battle with my mom to let me color my hair or add extensions. "

" I love jerk chicken. I could literally eat it every single day of my life. I also like curry goat, rice and peas, and ackee and saltfish. For some reason, no one ever taught me how to cook, though. They've always cooked for me! "

" I like L.A., but I'm definitely a Brooklyn girl; I'm a city girl. I need the cars honking. I need the bright lights. I need people yelling in the middle of the night screaming at each other. I need all of that. "

" I'm not going to blurt out my whole life on the Internet and just be all crazy emotional. I'm not that type of person, but it's in my music. "

" I express myself a lot on Tumblr, especially through my diary entries, but my Instagram is my modeling portfolio. I have my game face on at all times. "

" My hair is purple, and unicorns mean a lot to me. They're unique, rare, majestic, and beautiful, and I think those are some things that I embody. I wasn't always confident, and so once I gained my confidence, I was like, 'I'm a unicorn, and I don't care what anybody says.' My fans are unicorns, too. I like to call them my 'unicorn nation.' "

" Sometimes there can be pressure to post, especially from your followers. "

" Every time I've been around Beyonce, I get so nervous that I forget how to speak English. "

" When it comes to '90s R&B, I grew up on a lot of Aaliyah and Destiny's Child, Missy Elliott, Usher, Jill Scott. Whatever my mom was playing in the house is what I was listening to. "

" My mom is an entertainment attorney, and she brought me to a BMI panel for people who were interested in becoming artists. While I was there, her friends kept peer pressuring me to go and sing in front of everyone because I was a very, very shy girl. "

" Before I go to bed, I twist my hair so it doesn't get knotted by morning and cover it with a silk scarf so it stays moisturized. In addition, I tend to wash my hair around once a week or every two weeks, depending on what I'm doing with it. "

" The first three years my hair was purple, I still was trying to convince myself that I hated the color purple. "

" Drake is a lyrical genius, and he's great with melodies, and Pharrell is an amazing producer and songwriter. "

" You got to learn when to be the bigger person, especially in the entertainment business. "

" I think the way I dress says I'm young and I'm living life. "

" What inspires me is the relationships and situations I find myself in as I grow and learn. "

" My hair is always going to be purple; that's kind of my thing. It doesn't matter what length I make it, as long as it's purple. "

" Everyone's a taste-maker. "