Quotes About Identity

I know I'm not the only kid that moved to America and had to live with 30 cousins in one house.

I was born in America and played high school in America, but at the same time, my family, my cousins, the way we play the game, it's all Latin.

I've never graced the cover of a fashion magazine.

When I put on my Marine cover, I'm a Marine, and I act accordingly.

There's a lot more to being a woman than being 18 years old on the cover of Maxim magazine.

When you're editor-in-chief of a big magazine, you cannot be a cover girl for MAC; you cannot be the face of Givenchy - of course you can't; it's doesn't go with the job.

My birthmark essentially looks like I have a black eye. It isn't that bad, so you can imagine if it has been this big a part of my life, think of what it must be like for children with more serious birthmarks that cover half their face.

I kind of live my life as an example, and I just never felt like I had to be on the cover of a magazine announcing that I was gay; it's just who I am. I just live my life, and I never really thought about it.

Children will go with any story as long as it's good, but white adults sometimes think that if a black child's on the cover, it is perhaps not for them.

I would be lying if I said it wasn't cool to see myself on the cover of 'Vanity Fair,' right? It's, like, what am I doing there? This is bizarre.

A lot of people will look at you and will fail to see your beauty because you're covered up and they're not used to it. So growing up, I just had to work on my people skills and give people a chance to really know me besides the clothing.

I didn't get why I was wearing a mask. But I understand it now - why my dad would want our face to be covered.

There's an attention paid to the fame - the sort of sheath that's on you, this sort of cloud that's covering over you - and that's what people want to touch. It's not even really you that they want to touch.

Everyone covering 'Stage Beauty' asks me: 'What's it like to wear a dress?'

I'm happy that I don't have to do covers anymore, because that's not what I do.

One of my favorite album covers is Miguel's 'Wildheart.'

Covers are always so fun to do, but there's nothing like telling your own story.

'Essence' is political. I grew up on the magazine, looking at the covers. Seeing ourselves on the cover is political.

The thing about doing mashups and covers is it's great, but a part of you never gets to really showcase what your original sound is like or what your writing voice is like.

We didn't understand why it should be obligatory to be on the covers of magazines as yourself when you are making music and are not a showman.

This was more than just a cow - this was an entire career I was looking at.

I'm a cowboy and an Indian.

I'm always going to be a Cowboy.

There's no cowboys in England.