Top 55 Mya Quotes

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

Music makes me love life, and without it, I don’t know if I’d be happy.

Trying to please so many people can definitely cause a lot of stress.

Broadway really inspired me to want to act.

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

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.

Life is too short to hold on to the past and grudges.

I’ve really fired a lot of managers that had that mindset or publicists that had that mindset of, ‘Oh, you need to go on a date with this person because it’s going to help album sales.’ No thank you. That’s not my flow.

When I go to the spa, I’m a girly girl. I’m pampering myself. But on a regular basis, I’m a very tough tomboy – I have to remind myself that I’m still a woman!

The fact that music is my first love and that after almost two decades, the love has grown every year… I’m truly thankful for that and want to always show my appreciation to those who keep me motivated and inspired.

There’s absolutely no soda in my diet. Lots of fruits and vegetables, and I stay away from fried foods.

I have a lot of scripts that come my way, and some of them take a bit longer to read than others. There are a lot of things that I have to pass on because I’m just not into it, and sometimes the story is slightly forced.

This thing we call love has always been tricky, and as beautiful as it can be, we can potentially lose ourselves in it.

When your back is against the wall, and you feel like you’re losing faith and hope because so many things are coming at you at once, hold on.

It’s a dangerous world out there when it comes to relationships. And I believe we attract what we are. So I want to work on being my best self so I can attract the same.

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

Get your mind right, get your spirit right, and get your body right. And keep it there. That requires working out; that requires fasting, eating well, prayer, and getting to know who you are. And not bending.

‘Damage’ is about taking risks, stepping into new territory regardless of the outcome.

I was raised on pork… steak, chicken, everything… And everyone in my family pretty much of the older generation has diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, cancer.

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

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.

People will always have an opinion. Even if you’re over here saving the world, there is a group of people that will love you and a group of people that will always hate you no matter what you do.

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.

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.

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.

I don’t pay attention to definitions or titles or try to fit within them.

I think actors, athletes, and anyone who’s a public speaker is very amazing or fascinating to me.

I’m very reserved when I get off stage.

I had to leave the music industry behind for a minute to figure out what made me feel home again.

I gravitate toward people with a big, sane, sound mind and big heart with a soft spot for elders, children, and animals.

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.

I’m very patient with life.

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

I was very protected by my family. But at the same time, I was free to explore womanhood. I was taught that it’s okay to be sexy and smart and beautiful.

I would definitely tell my younger self not to be in a rush, on anyone else’s timeline, and make sure that, along the way, that you take care of you first so that you can reach your destination.

Tomorrow’s not promised. You may love someone; you may have a grudge because of something that they did to you, and it was unfair, but life’s not fair. Life is very short, so clean up your grudges. Let’s not hold them.

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’m very bold and say what I feel. That doesn’t mean I ruffle feathers. It means I’m being honest.

High expectations are really intimidating.

I love Broadway. I love live performing. It’s really spiritual when you can get to interact with people, and they actually affect how your show goes.

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

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.

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.

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

Positive energy and attitude is sexy to me.

Being sexy, to me, is possessing the full package: the brains, the drive, inner confidence, spiritual foundation, a positive attitude, proceeding through obstacles, making a positive contribution to the world, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

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

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

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.

The definition of success, for me, was to have my family involved in everything that I did. But that got stripped away from me due to a very ugly divorce between my parents, who are also simultaneously my managers.

If you have any kind of sex appeal, people are quick to accuse, abuse, lie, assume, and make up rumors. And that’s not just in entertainment – that’s in life. Period.

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.

My mother is a two-time cancer survivor.

There’s a balance of feminine and masculine energy. Unfortunately, it’s an imbalanced world because of the people that are in charge, and that’s egotistical men.