Quotes About Diversity

I do after-school ballet and also hip-hop and jazz.

I like the idea of an eclectic approach, incorporating jazz with other forms and other genres of music.

The guitar is such an incredible instrument; it plays classical, flamenco, jazz, country, bluegrass, rock, acid, blues. You'll never see a clarinet playing Black Sabbath. But you will see a guitar in a clarinet band playing rhythm. It is the most popular instrument in the world; it is the one everybody loves.

When I was coming up, a lot of serious jazz players couldn't stand funk.

Truth of the matter is, jazz is American music. And that doesn't mean bebop. Jazz is really about improvising. All the music that's been created in America has been pretty much improvised... Whether it's hillbilly or rock n' roll for blues, it's basically jazz music... It's basically about another way of hearing what comes out of America.

As far as jeans and shirts, I rock a lot of different things.

I've had agents tell me, 'You're not gonna be on the cover of anything; you're a catalog girl.' I've had clients tell me, 'You're too fat, and we can't book you any more because you don't fit into the jeans.'

My dad was a football player, and I've been the same size since eighth grade, so I get how it can be hard when you don't fit in with the 'normal-size' girls, or your butt and legs are too big for normal-size jeans.

I wear everything to jeans and a t-shirt to Zac Posen ball gowns.

After 'Gangs,' people thought that I couldn't speak a sentence in English or that I don't wear jeans or, you know, I am a city girl.

If I wasn't making music I'd still be listening to it and talking about it. That's why I'm able to chill with Denzel Curry and then Jeff Tweedy, because the thing that's linking us is music.

My personal favourite is Jeff Beck. All the others are wonderful as well.

I date African-American women. That's all I date. In my family, it was never discussed - but I love black women. Nothing beats a sister. However, when you see a female like Jennifer Lopez, you have to acknowledge that there are many beautiful Latino women as well.

I don't listen to Beyonce or Jennifer Hudson records.

Jennifer Lopez, she's my girl! And Shakira... I really like her.

I think Jeremy Lin is a really interesting player.

I guess I believe that whatever crazy things you're getting up to outside of work doesn't inherently mean that you're some kind of jerk or anything. Everyone's going to live differently.

Some people are jerks, and some people aren't.

Games are awesome. Stop letting jerks hijack them.

We'd play the American bases and found all these wonderful records by Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Sam Cooke. Without American music, there would not have been a British Invasion.

You could probably convince me that North Jersey and South Jersey should be two separate states. They're just so different.

When I went to New York, I was exposed to things I definitely wasn't exposed to in South Jersey and Pitman.

If it was up to me, I'd have everybody's jersey different. Each player would have their separate one. I think the game should be a joy, I think the game should be colorful.

Jerusalem is not just a beautiful city: the challenge is to show that Jerusalem can be shared in peace and respect.