Quotes About Self-expression

I don't want to hide who I am and want to be accepted fully for all that I am.

I really hope to give to other people who are listening to my music the same thing that it's done for me, which is make me feel more free and more accepting of myself.

I was fortunate enough to be raised by parents who were very accepting. They were never afraid to let me do my thing and let me live my life.

I put so much of myself out there and make myself so accessible that sometimes I fear I make myself too accessible.

I think Sephora is great; it's so accessible, and there are so many different palettes that you can get.

Show-offy, I could sometimes be accused of.

When you reach 50 you like to have a certain freedom because it's really the time you can show you achieved something.

I think that I can act.

I'm no good at acting. I don't want to do that, and I don't need to do that in life.

I am not a lobbyist. I am not a political activist. I am not a leader, as far as I'm concerned.

I'm an actress, not a pinup.

I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me.

I'm my own person and my own player. Not that I don't admire other players and try and do similar things.

When I was younger, I was almost too afraid to admit that I wanted to be an actor.

I never admitted what I wanted to do for a career to anyone until I was 26. I wish I'd piped up at 18.

I was always treated older than I am when I was a kid, so I had to be like, 'No, I'm sweet,' and this has continued into adulthood because of the way society portrays Black women.

Acting was definitely a comfortable place. It didn't force me into adulthood because I was ready to be independent.

Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.

For many, hair is just hair. It's something you grow, shape, adapt, adorn, and cut. But my hair has always been so much more than what's on my head. It's a marker of how free I felt in my body, how comfortable I was with myself, and how much agency I had to control my body and express myself with it.

I don't always feel comfortable being outwardly aggressive.

Never agree to say or do anything that isn't you.

I'm not aiming to be someone like Christina Aguilera.

I'm pretty sure I'm a doppelganger for Alan Alda. I'm a trannie; I'm a man.

I made an album I'm very proud of, and that's about it.