"The way to bring about change is to be proactive and active."
"You know, bigotry isn't relevant to just the South. It never was. But I'm very grateful that I don't know what it's like from experience."
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"One thing I've learned is be comfortable in your skin, and more importantly, be comfortable in your shoes."
"I can only be the best version of myself and understand that the only way that we as a people can heal is to understand that the next person's journey may not be your own, but it doesn't mean that you have to marginalize them in any way."
"You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that whatever your art is that you're putting out there, if it's received, great, I respect you for receiving it. If it's not received, great, I respect you for not."
"I can only live in my truth."
"To be silent is to be passive."