Quotes from Tyra Banks

I think of dystopian as 'Mad Max,' as 'Book of Eli,' as the world is ending.

I went through an obsession with eyebrows. I used to paint my eyebrows really, really strong. I look back now, and some were a little bit strong.

I love Boston; it's like Paris.

'Vogue' has the power to make and break - whether it's fashion trends, designers, models, and yes, even industry practices.

I've been singing for six years. I've been in and out of the studios with top producers, but it wasn't something I was ready to express to the public or to the press. I wasn't ready to come out. I wanted to perfect my voice and be 100 percent positive that I could come out right.

I volunteer a lot of my time with an organization in New York called The Center for Children and Families.

Every woman has... self doubt.

When I was a model, they called me 'Tyra;' now it's 'Ms. Banks.'

The fire to inspire women and help them to blaze new paths fiercely burns inside of me.

My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet.

Believe it or not, I don't wake up looking like a supermodel.

I don't wake up with naturally sculpted cheekbones - I paint them on!

On 'America's Top Model,' I've always told my girls to smile with their eyes. We call it 'smizing.' Over the years, it's actually become part of pop culture. I would be walking down the street, and girls would say, 'Smize!'

I don't go to the cool, trendy restaurants. I go to either the holes in the wall or the super-fancy restaurants where there are no cool people.

I would love to do Rihanna's makeup. I love her cupid's bow!

'America's Next Top Model' is not a bunch of Barbies - it's a lot of girls that are atypically beautiful.

I don't think cellulite is great - that's not a flaw that I want in a photo by any means! I retouch that crap out. But I tell women that I'm retouching it out.

Sometimes I'll use four or five different photo apps on one photo just to get it where I want it to be.

I have scars on the backs of my arms from dressers in Paris scraping me with pins as I was taking a shirt or gown off.

Screw being a singer! I wanna be the voice of my generation with my talk show.

I'm not afraid of wanting money at all. Money will give me more power to do things that are truer to my spirit than what I'm already doing.

Global warming will threaten our crops, so natural food will be scarce. Hourglass, curvy bodies will be the aspirational beauty standard, representing that those women have access to bounties of fulfilling yet healthy food, which means they are affluent.

With the whole supermodel thing, even when you're not really modeling anymore, people still call me that. And I'm like '... retired.'

If I tried to start modeling right now, I wouldn't be a supermodel because it's all about celebrity.