I am from Florida, so I didn't 'grow up' on Wu-Tang.

Amanda Seales

Categorized in : Up I Am Grow Grow Up

I definitely am very secure with my body and my likes and dislikes and the imperfections that some might call flaws. I'm like, 'Those are my thighs; it's just what it is.' I think a lot of that has to do also with... women being a lot more vocal about the fact that, you know, being flawless is false.

think you women body

You're flawless when you embrace the things about you that you don't necessarily like, but you own them because they're yours.

own things like you

If I couldn't get to where I wanted to by being my organic self - which is a smart, funny, unapologetically black woman - then I felt like it's not worth doing it if I can't do it the most organic way possible. Which is why I left the music business.

woman music business funny

I've been grinding a really long time, and I've been broke for a lot of years. I may not have looked like it because, if you're fly, you don't need a dollar - you just need charisma. But I was riding hope as currency for a very long time. I feel like now, more than ever, I'm in my purpose, and comedy is the foundation of that.

fly you hope time

Every New Year comes with a list of predictions. Self-predictions, world predictions, how many times Lindsay Lohan will get arrested predictions, etc. I reserve the annual trend for people with genuine psychic ability and/or bloggers.

new will people world

Contrary to far too popular a belief, style, fashion, and fabulousness are not synonymous with stank, haughty, and self-aggrandizing.

far style fashion belief

My goal is to just have options.

options just goal

My thing about creating things is that it has to do two purposes: It has to serve me creatively but also has to serve the people.

things me two people

Exactly what I'm doing is what success looks like. I get to create on my own terms, on my own timeline, and I'm able to support myself and my mom and my cat comfortably.

myself support mom success

I love cars.

i-love love

Anytime I don't have to wear a bra is a good day.

wear day good good-day

Jazz does what it wants to, and so does The Wu.

wants does jazz

I just love being able to create and make things that inspire and that make people laugh, and my motivation to keep going is to make more opportunities to do that.

laugh keep-going love people

I always say your truth is your compass to your purpose.

your truth-is purpose truth

The truth is what facts are. I like facts. I like things to line up and be clear, and when we are honest and true about things, it helps things to make sense, and it cuts out a lot of the fat that gets in the way and causes for the misunderstandings that I believe lead to violence and... dysfunction, etc.

fat violence truth believe

I can't even believe that in 2018, I still have to lay out why diversity in anything matters.

matters why diversity believe

I'm an artist through and through.

through artist

I have a theory that when you're lost on the path, go back to the beginning and try the maze again.

beginning back you path

I don't have the proportions for 'hood hot.'

proportions hood hot

I'm a nerd.

nerd