Quotes About Empowerment

I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.

I'm just glad that there's some diversity in the music industry with women so people know that you can be literally anything and still be able to make it.

There's always been extreme misogyny in the music industry.

I think it's hard when you're a woman because the music industry is way more masculine than feminine, so you have to make your own space and fight for it.

I think women are taught in the music industry that once you're 35, you've expired, and I'm here to prove that factually incorrect.

We are trying to shine a light on the infantilisation of women in the music industry. It's in the fashion and media industries too - this idea that women are more attractive if they look like little girls.

I am empowered by my friends in the music industry who are other fellow black men because I see them as my brothers; we have similar experiences and relate to each other.

In my musically formative years, I grew up listening to Suzy Bogguss, Trisha Yearwood, Terri Clark.

TLC has helped me to know that as a musician, I can talk about anything; that there are no barriers, and that you can be yourself. That's what I love about them. Left Eye in particular helped me to stay on top of my A game. She's one of the best female MCs that I've heard.

I'm all about inspiring young musicians to get out there and express themselves through music.

I really like the idea of modesty. By the time I got into music, I was already wearing the scarf all the time, and it's really personal to me, my Muslim beliefs, so I decided to keep it and find a way to work around it. I don't see it as a restriction or limitation - I can still be me and get into music and be an entertainer.

I'm amazed by the misconceptions about Muslim women and the Arab world that I hear, and that really does hurt me.

To be a veiled Muslim woman on screen is a very scary minefield for me.

Freedom of expression is essential for feminists and dissidents in the Muslim world.

When we dropped 'Toot It And Boot It,' Mustard didn't even do beats, and now he's killin' it. So it's just cool to see all of my bros taking over.

Having the BRCA mutation significantly increases the risk of breast cancer, but it is not always the only factor. Lifestyle choices may increase or decrease the risk of breast cancer, but that knowledge is an opportunity to empower ourselves, not to blame.

When I started my first blog years ago, I just wanted to share my perspective. For a long time, models had been these mute pretty faces - and I wanted to have a voice.

Love is mutually feeding each other, not one living on another like a ghoul.

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

A woman can be seeking attention and also make a statement.They don't need to be mutually exclusive.

The idea that feeling confident and feeling misunderstood are mutually exclusive really bugs me. So a lot of what 'Rookie' is about is just showing that you can be both, and you can like whatever you want.

Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive.

You can have a good time and kick some butt - they're not mutually exclusive.

My friend and I founded the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival to counter the negative images of Arabs in media. And we always made sure that the comedy came first. So we weren't a bunch of Arabs trying to be funny. We were a bunch of comedians who just happened to be of Arab heritage.