Mya

“I'm O.K. having a comfortable life. I don't have to live in a mansion and drive Aston Martins or Ferraris.”

“My problems are so miniscule compared to what's going on in the world. In that sense, I feel liberated.”

“I know I'm different. Even when I think about an acting career, there are so many limited roles to begin with. I have the ability to be Spanish, Indian, Italian, black, Persian. What roles do I see that compliment that?”

“Positive energy and attitude is sexy to me.”

“I love Broadway. I love live performing. It's really spiritual when you can get to interact with people, and they actually affect how your show goes.”

“Music makes me love life, and without it, I don't know if I'd be happy.”

“There's a balance of feminine and masculine energy. Unfortunately, it's an imbalanced world because of the people that are in charge, and that's egotistical men.”

“I think actors, athletes, and anyone who's a public speaker is very amazing or fascinating to me.”

“When your back is against the wall, and you feel like you're losing faith and hope because so many things are coming at you at once, hold on.”

“Having my own label has been nothing short of amazing!”

“I function properly, feel better, do better, look better, and treat others better when there's less clutter.”

“Movies remind me of recording. Just the process of it - the intricacies, the technicalities, the days and the long hours, and mastering and mixing and editing. But seeing the final product, it all pays off in the end. That's the rush - when you see things come to life.”

“People have linked me to a lot of people. But people also project what they want to see for you.”

“I've really fired a lot of managers that had that mindset or publicists that had that mindset of, 'Oh, you need to go on a date with this person because it's going to help album sales.' No thank you. That's not my flow.”

“There was a time in my life when I wasn't popular and accepted by kids in school. I was made fun of with braces and kinky hair and being from a multicultural family, et cetera.”

“The definition of success, for me, was to have my family involved in everything that I did. But that got stripped away from me due to a very ugly divorce between my parents, who are also simultaneously my managers.”

“I was captain of the pom-pom team, which was still dance, but we were athletes. We trained on the track and did workouts every single day after school.”

“I wouldn't be a great candidate for dramatic fighting TV; I'm not a cat-fighting kinda person.”

“Get your mind right, get your spirit right, and get your body right. And keep it there. That requires working out; that requires fasting, eating well, prayer, and getting to know who you are. And not bending.”

“When I moved back home, I took the initiative to involve my entire family in my career because I didn't find that anyone else was as passionate and thorough.”