Authenticity

“I want to wear me.”

“L’artiste existe en lui-même, et ne prend fond que sur sa sensibilité.”

“I like to be myself; I don't want to perform myself.”

“I’m not going to play the games that they play.”

“A writer is a man marked by fate; he is put into the world to lay bare his own soul before the spiritually hungry.”

“If I had to start over tomorrow, I would still be me and I’d have all the skills that I bring to the table and I’d be pretty good.”

“You just have to know who you are. Don’t be afraid of what other people are going to say. At the end of the day, you are the person that you have to answer to.”

“The Most High Himself revealed to me that I should live according to the form of the Holy Gospel.”

“金玉其外、敗絮其中”

“For a woman to accept their body the way it is is almost impossible.”

“I enjoy just being me. I don't need to be Queen Latifah, the brand, 24 hours a day.”

“Tout flatteur Vit aux dépens de celui qui l’écoute.”

“People don’t buy what you do—they buy why you do it.”

“We’re showing people that if you be yourself, people are going to f— with you.”

“Your body belongs to you, your mind belongs to you, your emotions belong to you, and just always be true to yourself.”