“I probably have an earlier curfew than anyone. My mom wants to keep me really safe and my dad’s not overly protective, but he’s a dad no matter what.”

I understand… the pressure is definitely hard, but I think just keeping your head on your shoulders is easier than it looks. I think if you know who you are, then I think you’ll be fine for the rest of the way.

Beauty is the enemy . We try to conquer not feeling beautiful all our lives. It’s a battle that can’t be won. There’s no definition of beauty. The only way to achieve beauty is to feel it from inside without breaking down into individual physical attributes.

Nobody notices your sorrow, your pain, but everyone notices your mistakes.

GOD gave you this life because HE knew you could handle it.

I don’t think you can be too ashamed of anything as long as you were being yourself. I think why people feel, um, so entitled over me is that they’ve watched me grow up. But that’s a blessing and a curse.

You can’t live a positive life with a negative mind.

The best part of my carreer is getting to meet so many different people, because I learn so much from everyone.

Everyone is constantly transitioning.

All my friends are super normal.

Love is louder than the pressure to be perfect.

Maybe it’s your time to lift off and fly You won’t know if you never try.

You can’t stop people from talking about you, but you can stop giving them something to talk about.

Don’t be anything you don’t want to be, always be yourself.

Life’s a climb. But the view is great.

Remember what things make you special and embrace those because there are so many things that aren’t on the outside that are so important and people find so beautiful.

I’m not letting any stupid decisions get in my way. I want to be a role model, letting girls know that they can follow their dreams.

This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more and no less than other men, possess all human attributes, talents and deficiencies, virtues and faults.

Don’t talk too much or too soon.

Vote early and vote often.

I was in early on with ‘Yeezus.’

Early in the journey you wonder how long the journey will take and whether you will make it in this lifetime. Later you will see that where you are going is here, and you will arrive now, so you stop asking.

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.

Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.

Too many of us have grown up just too early.