Top 115 Quotes & Sayings by Mya - Page 2

I don't see females in the industry collaborating as much as guys d,o so I really would love to entertain more of that.

If everyone breaks down their walls and stops putting themselves on holier-than-thou pedestals, we can all learn from each other.

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've had two boyfriends in the industry. Like, relationships. But I never say names because I respect my relationships and what we've gone through.

I watch documentaries and travel the world and see all sorts of life.

To take a whole load for a whole album on yourself is very challenging and kind of hard to execute when you don't have a reputation as a producer. If you do it for fun, you get a good outcome.

I've always wanted to be a live singer and have dance be the complement.

You have to take a leap of faith before exposing yourself completely in terms of feelings and desires - especially if you're a woman.

My mother is a two-time cancer survivor.

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.

I'm taking my time with the acting and learning as I go.

I'm always connecting with what society would label the outcasts and the weirdos and the lost souls.

I have great friends and always go back home to remember where and who the essence of Mya and where I actually come from and to never forget that.

Having my own label has been nothing short of amazing!

I realized that I really couldn't worry about what people think of me.

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

I think the 'R&B singer' title came from me entering the business at a time when R&B chick singers were the trend. I was fine with that, but I have a lot more to offer.

I can't always get to the gym, but I make a gym wherever I am: on the floor or on a yoga mat with bodyweight-bearing exercises like sit-ups and crunches, push-ups, lunges, squats.

I do quite well for myself, but I live a simple life.

As teenagers, we go through social, emotional and physical changes... and sometimes, to feel comfortable, we end up doing things that are not true to who we are just to fit in and feel loved.

When it comes to the '90s, there's nothing I want to repeat.

I think I'm very proud of the 'Lady Marmalade' collaboration that I did with Christina, Lil Kim, Pink, and Missy. That was the first time and probably one of the only times that I've worked with so many females at once, and we were able to accomplish so many great things.

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.

I'm not wearing leather shoes, and I have not worn furs since a long time ago. I have to be very conscious when I'm making decisions and saying I'm vegan because I have to be about it all the way.

I didn't really get sidetracked into being a singer. It was just something I started to do for fun in school, like singing the national anthem.

I've gone through relationships, gone through the normal things that a normal person would go through.

I'm always performing at Gay Pride events.

I'm the oldest in my family, and I grew up with brothers, so we would be on the front lawn every day playing football, whether it's tackle or tag.

I'm really into space. When I was four years old, I used to pray to the stars and look at the moon.

The people that I associate with, the circle that I keep, is real simple, and sometimes we think or we're trained to believe that you always have to have more, more, more to make ourselves feel happy or beautiful, but it's the other way around for me. Simplicity is sexy.

I've been able to become an entrepreneur and an independent artist.

I don't strive for perfection, because it doesn't exist.

We had a bond creatively that came out of 'Lady Marmalade.' It was our link. And people don't know this, but P!nk and I actually met when we were both 16 years old in Philadelphia. I was recording my first album, and we were working with the same producers, so I originally knew her as Alecia.

I didn't know what I was getting into when I went vegan, but so many things changed. I shed 30 pounds. I felt better. I was doing better mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. I was healing myself from the inside out.

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

I'm a real model because I'm imperfect.

I'm not Britney Spears, so I still have a life. I can go certain places without getting hounded by little 5-year-olds. So I'm very sane as a person.

I'm always performing. I'm always hustling.

Music dictates culture, and culture dictates music; they go hand in hand.

It was really nice working with Richard Gere, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Queen Latifah, Renee Zellweger.

Guys will just go out and do something. Females will talk about it - a lot. I don't care if I break a nail. You have to be aggressive to get the same respect as the guys.

Clothing, hair and make-up are just reflective of how I am feeling at any given moment and that varies from day to day.

I'd like to be remembered as a good person, that gave as much as she could with what she had to give.

My dog and 'right hand man,' who recently passed, taught me that guardian angels and cycles tend to come in every form in the universe. He was 8 years old and saw me through 8 independent projects, from an unsure place to a confident one. And now I'm ready to fly.

At an early age through the arts, I was fortunate to find an outlet to learn & apply, express myself, create, develop a positive image of myself, and a feel of importance, and significance to the world.

The biggest challenge is self-financing 100% of everything. Recording costs, studio time, engineer fees, travel costs are all a part of the creation process. Then after the creation, there are producer fees, mixing, mastering, photo shoots, artwork, packaging, artist feature fees, legal fees, clearances, and so on that must be covered before any music can officially be released to the public.

In many inner cities, there are issues of less economic stability, poorer education, community centers being stripped away, arts being removed from the school system leaving many children imbalanced, isolated from their most powerful self... the independent thinker, the creator, the dreamer often leaving children more susceptible to other harmful things out of boredom or feelings of rejection.

For performances I have my favorite go to's like Prince, Donna Summer, Vanity 6, Sheila E, but it also depends on the type of show I am giving. I could pull references from Broadway musicals, Rock Steady Crew, a Jamaican dancehall or gentlemen's club, etc. all within one show. It truly is a playground with no restrictions for me.

My music has always been important regardless of other projects.

Best beauty tip... Work yourself from the inside out. Eat right, drink right, look right! Positive energy brings a certain glow, so think positive, choose positive, be positive & attract positiveness. It always shows up on the outside.

My favorite track from the album Independent is Hold On. Everyone at some point fights battles or has struggles, and in moments of doubt or defeat, this is the song coming from a place of never giving up. It makes me think of the angel on the shoulder voicing understanding but guiding you in the right direction to take you out of that dark place.

Being independent gives me freedom to creatively be great. Standing on your own doesn't always get major exposure or support, but because I make music from a pure place, I am more so excited and relieved that it actually gets out into the universe.

The arts are statistically proven to increase independent thinking, creativity, discipline, balance, and academic improvement in children.

My favorite look would be a fresh, dewy face with a bronze, sun-kissed glow. It looks so tropical and reminds me of a place that feels like true home.

Art is the more spiritual side of education that really does saves lives and makes amazing individuals.