"Fashion is a great thing, it's a way to express who you are."
"I would say that 'Shake It Up' was a chance for me to do two things I really love: acting and dancing."
"'Shake It Up' definitely teaches kids about the importance of reaching for your dreams and setting high goals. It also teaches great lessons about friendship and family."
"One of my dreams is to walk down the runway during Fashion Week!"
"I was actually supposed to be a basketball player, not an actress. My parents had me playing basketball on competitive teams when I was in kindergarten. Even though my heart belongs to the arts, I'm a tomboy at heart, too."
"My mother's proud of where she's from, and her history, and her past, and same with my dad. I have roots in Africa. Like, I am from Africa as well as from Germany, and I am very proud of that."
"If I'm going to portray one of my idols and someone I feel... so strongly about, it has to be done right, and it has to be done 120 percent."
"I love my fashion, so I gotta have my outfits."
"I am so honored to join the company of a roster as celebrated and diverse as Covergirl's. I can't wait to share some of my own beauty tips with fans and work alongside Covergirl to continue empowering girls and women to celebrate their individuality."
"I was that weird eight-year-old who was really interested in Shakespeare and understood it and appreciated the language."
"I remember 'Hannah Montana' came out, and I was so depressed, I started crying because I was like, 'I want to do that.'"
"I've had a lot of voices tell me what I should be making. Personally, I would much rather live and die by my own hand. If my stuff sucks, then at least I made it suck. I didn't allow some person, some old dude in a suit, to make it suck for me."
"I've always been honest with my fans, and I want to keep that up because I feel they can see through the fakeness."
"X Out has helped me keep up my confidence, and I know it can help anyone who would rather have fun than worry about blemishes. If you want clear, seriously good-looking skin, X Out is for you."
"People always want to doubt you."
"Sticking with your vision and what you believe in is so, so important."
"Remember that we are all human beings trying to do what we love to do."
"Let's practice motivation and love, not discrimination and hate."
"Doing and making positive programming for young people is so important to me, and I will keep doing it."
"To all the parents out there, thank you for allowing me to be a role model for your children. I really, really do not take that for granted."
"If there's any definition to being perfect, you're perfect at being yourself."
"There is no such thing as ugly."
"I was taught as a young child by my parents and family to love myself."
"I use my platform as a tool and a way to speak about greater change."
"I don't think it is important to be a role model, because if you are a role model, you are pretending to be someone else."
