“Behind closed doors, I'm a crafty person.” — Raven-Symone Quote

Behind closed doors, I'm a crafty person.

Singing is just another outlet to express what I feel and to show everyone who I really am. I really don't talk about my personal life that much in interviews because that's my life, but with music, the way I write explains who I am.

It's important for young people to know that they are made the way they are made and they're beautiful and that's how they're supposed to be.

I'm not perfect. This is how I was raised. If I wasn't in the industry, I'd be the same person.

Be very professional because it will get you a lot further. You have to treat people with the same respect whether they're signing your checks or cleaning up after you.

It's always been my backhand which has been the shot. I can hit with my eyes closed, you know.

One of the interesting things here is that the people who should be shaping the future are politicians. But the political framework itself is so dead and closed that people look to other sources, like artists, because art and music allow people a certain freedom.

I was a big Nancy Drew reader. Nancy figures it out. Case closed.

When people start hurling insults at you, you know their minds are closed and there's no point in debating. You disengage yourself as quickly as possible from the situation.

Everyone who turns up on 'X Factor' does it because a door has been closed to them at some time in their lives, and this is the only shot they have got.