A biography for Kat Grahamhasn’t been written yet.
“I think magazines and interviews make celebrities into this bigger-than-life thing, but I've gotten bullied over trying different things with my makeup.”
“I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up and moving on even if I have a broken heart. 'Wanna Say' is one of the few love songs I've ever done.”
“If you're a boxer, you have your trainer. As an actor, I have Ivana Chubbuck. She's my teacher as an actress and in this crazy thing called life.”
“Before 'The Vampire Diaries,' I was making beats, which is how I got will.i.am's attention, and I went on tour with him.”
“I feel like I can't be sick without some story being made up or some photos being sold a month later.”
“I'm really into kind of finding different masculine pieces and making them feminine. Like cool oxfords.”
“My first show was in front of 30,000 people with will.i.am, and I wasn't even that nervous.”
“Work always comes first as an actor.”
“I only write in blue ink.”
“I would really love to collaborate with Gwen Stefani and M.I.A.; artists that kind of make sense with me vocally. And in terms of style, I'm a very visual artist. I really love Pharell. I love people that really care about drums, and I like beat-heavy.”
“I want to be someone who is a great representation of a black woman in Hollywood, a black woman in the entertainment industry.”
“My biggest style inspirations come from the '90s. I'm really inspired by TLC, Janet Jackson, and designers like Jeremy Scott. I'm hugely inspired by Club Kids from New York back in the '90s. I'm inspired by the drag queen scene. Combat boots and the torn off jeans and a baggy shirt - I love that look.”
“I completely took off my eyebrows one time for a screen test. I hadn't even gotten the role yet. So you have to have a commitment.”
“I never want to be a spectacle, but I also feel like a look should always have a little bit of an edge.”
“Sometimes what I think what the news is missing is the human element, the connection - the moment that you look into a little girl's eyes or a father who has just left his family and risked everything just to try and survive.”
“I'm still somebody that listens to a lot of James Brown, a lot of The O'Jays, a lot of TLC... in that era, producers had more musicianship.”
“When I moved to Atlanta, I felt like an outsider - away from my friends and family except for the LGBTQ community.”
“It's really important, especially for young girls, to see that if you fall down, you get back up. If you get sick, you get back up. People are going to say what they want.”
“If a boy messes up, you walk away. If a boy isn't treating you right, you walk away. It sounds simpler than it is, but you can't allow yourself to be disrespected. You have to be a strong girl.”
“I can't understand artists that don't want to perform and, like, get on stage and do their songs for all their fans every night.”