“I let myself know that it’s ok to feel my feelings, and that I’m a human being who is fallible and can make mistakes. I’m ok to have a down day, but tomorrow is a new day…”
“We give so much of ourselves to others when we should really work on our relationship with ourselves. Self-care, without the hashtag or face mask, is essential. Look in the mirror and say, ‘You got this!’ Meditate. Exercise. Whatever. Be kind to yourself every day.”
I’m 23. When I came into the music industry, I had somebody do my makeup, but I flipped out. People forget that a musician and a model are very different. A model’s job is to play a character, but as a musician, I’m just myself every day. I can’t have someone who doesn’t know me coming on board and changing my face. I’m singing songs that are personal, from the bottom of my heart. My fans need to recognize the person singing to them, you know? That’s just how it is for me. So I started doing my makeup myself. I don’t feel like I need to be wearing that much. For me personally, I like to find ways to play up my existing beauty rather than trying to change what my face looks like.”
“I thought my skin wasn’t beautiful enough to wear shorts or open-toed shoes, but my idea of ‘beautiful enough’ came from not seeing enough representation of someone like myself, that would’ve been so powerful for me. I hope to offer all young women a sense of hope and change, that one type of look is not better than another. It’s ok to be different and seeing that is massive for a child.”
“I was so scared to put myself out there, I didn’t want anyone to laugh at me. But Maddie would say, ‘just do what you know and don’t worry about other people.”
“I used to be really insecure about my curls. In school, a lot of girls had really straight hair and they would be like, ‘Why does your hair look like that way? It’s so frizzy.’ I felt really different and awkward about it, so I went through a phase of straightening my hair every single day.”
“We should all treat each other with love and respect, because that glossy image you see is never the person that’s really inside there.”
“When I have an off day, I remind myself what I like about myself. I learned that from Oprah.”
“Even the people who you think have the most confidence can be terrified inside. Learn to believe and trust in yourself. Some of the nerdiest guys who were tormented in school are now tech billionaires! “
“Real love happens not when everything is going well but when things are going badly. It’s when human beings come together, if they’re going to, in a far deeper way. You’re then having to work together, and the ‘together’ is what it’s about. Keith and I talk about that, because that ultimately is the definition of marriage and union and commitment. “