Top 66 Justine Skye Quotes

Sometimes people won’t be able to relate to you if you look like you’re straight out of a full blown ‘Vogue’ magazine every time they see you.

I’m not just a pretty face. I want to pursue something.

Growing up, it was always a huge battle with my mom to let me color my hair or add extensions.

I definitely look up to Rihanna. She doesn’t care what anyone thinks of her, and she’s not afraid of taking risks and trying different things, whether it’s fashion or music. She’s all about what makes her comfortable.

It all started with social media, building a fan base via Tumblr and YouTube, doing covers, and releasing a project with original music. Labels started to peel interest then. It was around the same time I was applying for college.

I’m a purple girl!

I’m hoping that people will love the music, but at the same time, the most important thing to me is that I love the music.

I’m pretty sure we’ve all had a situation where a certain ex or person finds their way back in your life. I’ve realized that it’s not about dwelling over it and overthinking.

When it comes to dance hall music, I definitely listened to a lot of Vybz Kartel growing up or Gyptian and Mavado.

There’s always competition in the world, but you don’t have to be enemies. You can empower each other.

When I first started wearing blue lipstick, it was a MAC gloss that they had. Everyone was making fun of me, and I was like, ‘Watch – this is going to be cool one day.’

Makeup and fashion are a very blatant way of expressing who you are because it’s the first thing people see. With music, it’s more personal, where people really are trying to get into your head and learn about who you are.

Being a part of the Dark and Lovely family is an honor. As a dark and lovely girl, I love what they stand for, and I love that they make products for women of color.

MAC always has the cool, funky products.

I like to mix the street look with classy and sexy. I call it ‘hood chic.’

I believe I’m a unicorn. Unicorns are very magical and powerful and strong.

Life is too short to be scared and not take risks. I’d rather be the person that’s like, ‘I messed up,’ than, ‘I wish I did that.’

My mom is an entertainment attorney, and she brought me to a BMI panel for people who were interested in becoming artists. While I was there, her friends kept peer pressuring me to go and sing in front of everyone because I was a very, very shy girl.

When it comes to ’90s R&B, I grew up on a lot of Aaliyah and Destiny’s Child, Missy Elliott, Usher, Jill Scott. Whatever my mom was playing in the house is what I was listening to.

Everyone that’s come into my life, everything that has happened, has been a part of the plan. It’s not even about being in the industry or becoming more popular; it’s just about growing and outgrowing some people.

One of the biggest things I struggle with is people’s opinions. As much as I would like to say that I don’t care, I see those comments. And sometimes it affects you more than others, or may completely change your mood.

If I’m going to a fancy event, I try to be princess-like.

Before I go to bed, I twist my hair so it doesn’t get knotted by morning and cover it with a silk scarf so it stays moisturized. In addition, I tend to wash my hair around once a week or every two weeks, depending on what I’m doing with it.

For the most part, my daily attire is comfortable yet fashionable – I guess you can call it tomboyish.

Who knows, maybe I’ll be a basketball player one day? No, I’m definitely never going to be a basketball player. I have no hand-eye coordination.

I love jerk chicken. I could literally eat it every single day of my life. I also like curry goat, rice and peas, and ackee and saltfish. For some reason, no one ever taught me how to cook, though. They’ve always cooked for me!

One time I tried bangs, and people just weren’t feeling it at all, but it’s my hair. It’s my unicorn mane, and it’s definitely very important to me. It’s also my body, and so I don’t really care about other people’s opinion of it.

I’ll always be a Brooklyn girl.

I’m more conscious about who I let into my heart, and I’m singing about it.

When the Rocawear team reached out and wanted to make me the face of La Belle Roc, I was super excited!

I’m trying different things, and I’m comfortable with who I am and not afraid of showing my confidence through my style.

In terms of style, I’m really inspired by Foxy Brown and Naomi Campbell.

I would describe my style as sexy, cosy, chic street-wear.

On the real, because you’re dyeing your hair so much, it gets really damaged, so you just want to use a lot of products that help hydrate it and keep it nice and keep it moisturized. It gets really, really dry.

It may sound corny and cliche, but there was a time – and there are still times even today – when I feel lost or confused, and I question if I’m doing the right things. Then I look at my fans, and I listen to music, and I’m reminded that this is my destiny.

Everyone has their own style. It’s unique; no one person’s style is wrong.

R&B was really prominent in the ’90s, and we can all admit that it kind of fell off. But my generation is more in touch with our emotions – we’re not afraid to show them. We’re bringing that decade back.

It’s kinda hard to date as an artist because you’re all over the place, and your significant other may seem jealous, depending on what they’re doing.

Jeremih is a dope artist.

I just want to make great music. There’s not a genre that I would categorize it as, but I want it to be true and authentic.

I’m not going to blurt out my whole life on the Internet and just be all crazy emotional. I’m not that type of person, but it’s in my music.

I thought that the music industry was going to be pretty easy – getting features and stuff – and everyone was going to be nice. But I realized that it’s really, really hard to get features.

I’ve been through a heartbreak and seen the business side of the music industry. Now I see things clearer.

Things move really fast on the Internet and get forgotten, we always want something new, even though something may have just came out.

The-Dream was like my diary. I would sit there and talk his ear off about all my guy situations; he would just turn my stories into songs.

I kind of came about at the same time as Instagram, and it becomes, like, your portfolio. When people search who you are, they search Instagram, and I feel like people aren’t even using Google anymore.

I always support my friends.

For the most part, I’m very into sweatpants and cute tops from streetwear brands like Supreme and Palace for a ’90s tomboy vibe.

When it comes to lipstick and makeup, I love MAC.

Being a brown girl, I like to wear colors that are similar to my skin tone, so I wear a lot of dark colors – never anything that’s too bright.

Fashion has always been an important part of my life.

No one can predict the future, but what I do know is that myself and my team work hard every day to make sure that my vision, my sound, and my brand reach their full potential.

I’m a Virgo, so I’m a super hard lover. I fall in love so quickly!

I used to sing SWV’s ‘Weak’ every day when people would ask me to sing.

My hair color is super important to my look because I feel like it helps kind of define who I am. It’s like a characteristic of mine that makes me feel comfortable and different from the rest.

When I was working on ‘Everyday Living,’ I was going through a breakup.

The day I do get my Roc Nation chain is going to be so much more valuable than if they gave it to me the day I signed. You have to earn it.

As a young adult, we all go through things now on social media. It’s a part of our everyday lives.

I’ve always been a fan of the Dark and Lovely brand. I grew up using their products at home. I only work with brands I believe in, and I’m so happy to be a hair color ambassador.

I like L.A., but I’m definitely a Brooklyn girl; I’m a city girl. I need the cars honking. I need the bright lights. I need people yelling in the middle of the night screaming at each other. I need all of that.

One thing that I must do with every wash is deep condition. I have this theory in my head that it will make my hair really healthy, especially since I’m always keeping it in different styles.

I have three styles. One is my Hypebeast tomboy look, which is pretty much my everyday look.

When I’m in L.A., I kind of go crazy in the middle of the night when it’s, like, completely quiet.

I’m confident in who I am, and I’m not doing anything wrong. I’m just being myself: being comfortable with my body, comfortable with my sound, and I’m figuring out who I am.

Everyone’s a taste-maker.

I get nervous every single time. It doesn’t matter if there’re five people or five thousand. What I have noticed is that the more people there are, the less nervous I am. It’s way harder to impress five people.