Top 105 Quotes & Sayings by Justine Skye

Everyone's a taste-maker.

Sometimes people won't be able to relate to you if you look like you're straight out of a full blown 'Vogue' magazine every time they see you.

Social media is a huge struggle for my generation in general - it's a lot of pressure! Even having an Instagram is stressful. You have to make it look cool, posting it at the right time, and it's become its own job and not something where you connect with people.

To me, being a black woman and being beautiful are not mutually exclusive.

On the real, because you're dyeing your hair so much, it gets really damaged, so you just want to use a lot of products that help hydrate it and keep it nice and keep it moisturized. It gets really, really dry.

Everyone has their own style. It's unique; no one person's style is wrong.

Before I go to bed, I twist my hair so it doesn't get knotted by morning and cover it with a silk scarf so it stays moisturized. In addition, I tend to wash my hair around once a week or every two weeks, depending on what I'm doing with it.

I'm pretty sure we've all had a situation where a certain ex or person finds their way back in your life. I've realized that it's not about dwelling over it and overthinking.

I never leave anywhere without my watch because it's a very special gift given to me by one of my managers.

If I'm going to a fancy event, I try to be princess-like.

The-Dream was like my diary. I would sit there and talk his ear off about all my guy situations; he would just turn my stories into songs.

I love jerk chicken. I could literally eat it every single day of my life. I also like curry goat, rice and peas, and ackee and saltfish. For some reason, no one ever taught me how to cook, though. They've always cooked for me!

I always support my friends.

I express myself a lot on Tumblr, especially through my diary entries, but my Instagram is my modeling portfolio. I have my game face on at all times.

I used to sing SWV's 'Weak' every day when people would ask me to sing.

It all started with social media, building a fan base via Tumblr and YouTube, doing covers, and releasing a project with original music. Labels started to peel interest then. It was around the same time I was applying for college.

Drake is a lyrical genius, and he's great with melodies, and Pharrell is an amazing producer and songwriter.

As artists, we have the luxury of experimenting with extra crazy things, but I feel like my aesthetic is very street-style and high-low.

Who knows, maybe I'll be a basketball player one day? No, I'm definitely never going to be a basketball player. I have no hand-eye coordination.

My mom never let me dye my hair, and I would beg her every single day. When I was 16, I told her I wanted to dye it purple, and she let me - probably because she never thought I'd actually do it. Then I just stuck with it.

I've always been a fan of the Dark and Lovely brand. I grew up using their products at home. I only work with brands I believe in, and I'm so happy to be a hair color ambassador.

Everyone that's come into my life, everything that has happened, has been a part of the plan. It's not even about being in the industry or becoming more popular; it's just about growing and outgrowing some people.

I love to glow, and it's important for me to have a good highlighter to brighten up.

Even at my lowest point, when I've wanted to give up, I know that I have to believe in myself because I'm all that I have.

I definitely look up to Rihanna. She doesn't care what anyone thinks of her, and she's not afraid of taking risks and trying different things, whether it's fashion or music. She's all about what makes her comfortable.

I like to mix the street look with classy and sexy. I call it 'hood chic.'

Fashion has always been an important part of my life.

I surrounded myself with a lot of different creative people and ambitious people.

I'm a purple girl!

It's kinda hard to date as an artist because you're all over the place, and your significant other may seem jealous, depending on what they're doing.

I use Manic Panic to dye my hair. Sometimes I do it myself.

I think the way I dress says I'm young and I'm living life.

Every time I've been around Beyonce, I get so nervous that I forget how to speak English.

One time I tried bangs, and people just weren't feeling it at all, but it's my hair. It's my unicorn mane, and it's definitely very important to me. It's also my body, and so I don't really care about other people's opinion of it.

I'm trying different things, and I'm comfortable with who I am and not afraid of showing my confidence through my style.

You want to accomplish everything; there's no limits to what you want to do. You want to do movies. You want to do modeling. You want to be an entrepreneur - you want to enter every aspect of the entertainment business.

Jeremih is a dope artist.

Being a part of the Dark and Lovely family is an honor. As a dark and lovely girl, I love what they stand for, and I love that they make products for women of color.

My family is from Flatbush, but I grew up in Fort Greene-Clinton Hill area.

When the Rocawear team reached out and wanted to make me the face of La Belle Roc, I was super excited!

My hair is purple, and unicorns mean a lot to me. They're unique, rare, majestic, and beautiful, and I think those are some things that I embody. I wasn't always confident, and so once I gained my confidence, I was like, 'I'm a unicorn, and I don't care what anybody says.' My fans are unicorns, too. I like to call them my 'unicorn nation.'

A lot of people love to throw the social climber thing at people who are on the rise, but it's really just God moving all the people that are distractions, all the obstacles, out of the way for me to achieve what I'm destined to achieve.

I'm not just a pretty face. I want to pursue something.

I'm confident in who I am, and I'm not doing anything wrong. I'm just being myself: being comfortable with my body, comfortable with my sound, and I'm figuring out who I am.

My hair color is super important to my look because I feel like it helps kind of define who I am. It's like a characteristic of mine that makes me feel comfortable and different from the rest.

There's always competition in the world, but you don't have to be enemies. You can empower each other.

I'm trying to make history.

Makeup and fashion are a very blatant way of expressing who you are because it's the first thing people see. With music, it's more personal, where people really are trying to get into your head and learn about who you are.

New York has definitely turned into more of, like, a hipster place.

I like L.A., but I'm definitely a Brooklyn girl; I'm a city girl. I need the cars honking. I need the bright lights. I need people yelling in the middle of the night screaming at each other. I need all of that.

I thought that the music industry was going to be pretty easy - getting features and stuff - and everyone was going to be nice. But I realized that it's really, really hard to get features.

As a young adult, we all go through things now on social media. It's a part of our everyday lives.

I embrace my darker skin - always have, always will. In addition, I believe black women have always been trailblazers and trendsetters. Acknowledgement or not, we are and always have been beautiful.

My hair is always going to be purple; that's kind of my thing. It doesn't matter what length I make it, as long as it's purple.

When I was working on 'Everyday Living,' I was going through a breakup.

Life is too short to be scared and not take risks. I'd rather be the person that's like, 'I messed up,' than, 'I wish I did that.'

I believe I'm a unicorn. Unicorns are very magical and powerful and strong.

It takes a lot for you to find your confidence, but you shouldn't let someone else be the person to find it for you.

I would describe my style as sexy, cosy, chic street-wear.

When I'm in L.A., I kind of go crazy in the middle of the night when it's, like, completely quiet.